silence

vt.
1.restrain from speaking,restrain from liberty限制发言权，限制…的自由。
△H.VIII.1.1.96:“Is it therefore / The ambassador is silenced?” i.e. The French ambas-sador at the English court was “commanded to keephis house in silence”(Hall's “Chronicle”).法国大使是不是就因为这个而被限制了发言自由？
2. keep under restraint抑制，禁止。
△As.1.2.95(88):“for since the little wit that fools have was silenced, the little foolery that wise men have makes a greatshow.”因为自从傻子的一点点小小的聪明被压制下去之后，聪明人的一点点小小的傻气就大大地表现出来了。(按：学者考证，这句话像是指当时的实事，一说指当时官方对于演员的禁令，另一说指1599年6月4日伦敦书业公会焚烧一批有讽刺内容的书。)