0 past simple and past participle of quieten --
1 to (cause someone to) become calmer or less noisy: --
The barking dogs quietened (down) when they recognized me.
There are those who believe that protests about industrial closures can be quietened by the payment of enhanced redundancy moneys and the provision of schemes which will accommodate natural wastage.
I am surprised that they are not taking it more seriously, are not more quietened and shocked by it, and are not reconsidering their previous view.
It has now quietened down.
Indeed, it was quiet before it quietened down.
They are disturbing people's minds and creating fears which we want to see quietened.
The scheme quietened the country's conscience for about two years.
We have only to look at the way in which certain aircraft engines have quietened over the past decade—though, of course, there are exceptions.
I think that if those procedures were understood some of the concern would be quietened.
