quiet

QUI'ET, adjective [Latin quietus.] 1. Still; being in a state of rest; now moving. Judges 16:2. 2. Still; free from alarm or disturbance; unmolested; as a quiet life. In his days the land was quiet ten years. 2 Chronicles 14:1. 3. Peaceable; not turbulent; not giving offense; not exciting controversy, disorder or trouble; mild; meek; contented. The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Peter 3:4. 1 Thessalonians 4:11. 4. Calm; not agitated by wind; as a quiet sea or atmosphere. 5. Smooth; unruffled. 6. Undisturbed; unmolested; as the quiet possession or enjoyment of an estate. 7. Not crying; not restless; as a quiet child. QUI'ET, noun [Latin quies.] 1. Rest; repose; stillness; the state of a thing not in motion. 2. Tranquility; freedom from disturbance or alarm; civil or political repose. Our country enjoys quiet 3. Peace; security. Judges 18:7. QUI'ET, verb transitive 1. To stop motion; to still; to reduce to a state of rest; as, to quiet corporeal motion. 2. To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to tranquilize; as, to quiet the soul when agitated; to quiet the passions; to quiet the clamors of a nation; to quiet the disorders of a city or town. 3. To allay; to suppress; as, to quiet pain or grief.