Associations to the word «Quiesce»

Wiktionary

QUIESCE, verb. Become quiet or quieter.
QUIESCE, verb. To make temporarily inactive or disabled.

Dictionary definition

QUIESCE, verb. Become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered".

Wise words

The chief virtue that language can have is clearness, and nothing detracts from it so much as the use of unfamiliar words.
Hippocrates