quieten

Verb

• cause to be quiet or not talk
  • Please silence the children in the church!
    

• make calm or still
  • quiet the dragons of worry and fear
    

• become quiet or quieter
  • The audience fell silent when the speaker entered
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  hush , silence , still , shut up , hush up , calm , calm down , quiet , tranquilize , tranquillize , tranquillise , lull , quiesce , quiet down , pipe down
• Antonyms: 
  louden , agitate , rouse , turn on , charge , commove , excite , charge up