Intransitive verb.
Preterite tense, preterite
participle: quiesced.
present participle: quiescing.
Pronunciation: kwaɪɛs,
kwɪ-
It is dated from
the beginning of 1800.
Etymology: from
Latin quiescere (= to
be quiet), from the noun quies (= quiet).
1. To become
quiescent or quiet.
Synonyms: to
subside, still.
Antonyms: to
stir, move, to disquiet oneself.
Translation: aquietarse, estarse quiescente, in Spanish; starsi quiescente, quietarsi, in Italian; devenir quiescent, se reposer, in French.
-) With
the preposition into +
noun of the place in which someone becomes quiet, or the resulting state.
The two theories, one that she was amusing herself with him, and the
other that he was just playing with her, divided public opinion, but they did
not molest either of the parties to the mystery; and the village, after a
season of acute conjecture, quiesced
into
that sarcastic sufferance of the anomaly into which it may have been noticed
that small communities are apt to subside from such occasions.
William Howells… Annie
Kilburn
Mrs. Bellingham murmurously shakes hands with Miss Roberts, and after
some kindly nods and smiles, and other shows of friendliness, provisionally and
expectantly quiesces into a corner of the
sofa, while her sister-in-law comes aggressively forward to assume the burden
of conversation.
William Howells… Out of the Question
2. (The subject: a
letter) to become silent.
[…] consonants tending to quiesce
into
vowels.
Alexander McDannald… The Encyclopedia Americana
English
words derived from Latin quiescere: quiescence, quiescency, quiescent, quiescently.
Other English
words derived from, or compounded with, the stems of Latin quies: quit (noun,
adj., verb), quiet (noun, adj., verb), quieted, quietable, quitant, quieten,
quietener, quietening, quieter, quieting, quietish, quitetive, quietize,
quietless, quietlike, quietly, quietness, quietude, quittance, quitter,
quitting, unquiescent, unquiet (noun, adj., verb), unquieted, unquieting,
unquietly, unquietness, unquietude, requit, requital, requitative, requite
(noun, verb), requited, requiting, requitement, requiter, acquit, acquittal,
acquittance, acquitted, acquitter, acquitting, unacquitted, disquiet (adj.,
verb, noun), disquieted, disquietedly, disquitedness, disquieten, disquieter,
disquieting (noun, adj.), disquietingly, disquietist, disquietly, disquietness,
disquietude, inquiet (noun, adj.), inquietation, inquieting, inquietly,
inquietude; coy (verb, adj.), coyish, coyishness, coyly, coyness.
