a.
They . . . were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him. Judg. xvi. 2. [ 1913 Webster ]
That son, who on the quiet state of man
Such trouble brought. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The ornament of a meek and quiet spirit. 1 Pet. iii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]
I will sit as quiet as a lamb. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. quies, -etis. See Quiet, a. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
And join with thee, calm Peace and Quiet. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
At quiet,
In quiet,
Out of quiet,
v. t.
Quiet yourselves, I pray, and be at peace. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i. To become still, silent, or calm; -- often with down;
n. Quietness. [ Obs. ] Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. One who, or that which, quiets. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Cf. F. quiétisme. ]
n. [ Cf. F. quiétiste. ] (Eccl. Hist.) One of a sect of mystics originated in the seventeenth century by Molinos, a Spanish priest living in Rome. See Quietism. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Of or pertaining to the Quietists, or to Quietism. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv.