Intense study of someone or something.
Thorough inspection of a situation or a case.
A ticket, or little paper billet, on which a vote is written.
An examination by a committee of the votes given at an election, for the purpose of correcting the poll.
An examination of catechumens, in the last week of Lent, who were to receive baptism on Easter Day.
Be silent.
To repress the expression of something.
To suppress criticism, etc.
To block gene expression.
To murder.
To make (someone or something) silent.
deadly silence
The act of refraining from speaking.
The absence of any sound.