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QUIESCE
quieten, hush, quiet, quiesce, quiet down, pipe down
(verb) become quiet or quieter; “The audience fell silent when the speaker entered”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
quiesce (third-person singular simple present quiesces, present participle quiescing, simple past and past participle quiesced)
Become quiet or quieter.
To make temporarily inactive or disabled.
(computing, transitive) To pause or reduce the activity of (a device or application), for example to prepare it for backups or other maintenance.
Source: Wiktionary
Qui*esce", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Quiesced; p. pr. & vb. n. Quiescing.] Etym: [L. quiescere, akin to quies rest, quiet. See Quiet, a. & n.]
Definition: To be silent, as a letter; to have no sound. M. Stuart.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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