quiesce

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

quiesce
    v 1: become quiet or quieter; "The audience fell silent when the
         speaker entered" [syn: {quieten}, {hush}, {quiet},
         {quiesce}, {quiet down}, {pipe down}] [ant: {louden}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Quiesce \Qui*esce"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Quiesced}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Quiescing}.] [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest,
   quiet. See {Quiet}, a. & n.]
   To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. --M. Stuart.
   [1913 Webster] Quiescence

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

quiesce

   <networking> To render quiescent, i.e. temporarily inactive or
   disabled.  For example to quiesce a device (such as a digital
   modem).  It is also a system command in MAX TNT software which
   is used to "Temporarily disable a modem or DS0 channel".

   Also used as an adjective, in the expression "{quiesce time}".

   (2000-03-05)

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