Main Entry:

⁴quiet

Function:

verb

Etymology:

Middle English, from Late Latin quietare to set free, to calm, from Latin quietus

Date:

14th century

transitive verb 1 : to cause to be quiet : calm 2 : to make secure by freeing from dispute or question <quiet title to a property> intransitive verb : to become quiet —usually used with down

— qui·et·er noun