tacet

[tah-ket, tas-it, tey-sit]

verb

Music.

1. be silent (directing an instrument or voice not to play or sing).

tacet

/ ˈtæs-, ˈteɪsɛt /

verb

1. (intr) (on a musical score) a direction indicating that a particular instrument or singer does not take part in a movement or part of a movement

Word History and Origins

Origin of tacet¹

1715–25; < Latin: literally, (it) is silent

Word History and Origins

Origin of tacet¹

C18: from Latin: it is silent, from tacēre to be quiet

Example Sentences

He could also have alerted his readers to another critical Latin insight appropriate for these times: Qui tacet, consentire videtur.

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According to his memoir, it was in childhood that he invented an imaginary companion or alter ego named George Tacet.

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In the book there’s a lofty, curmudgeonly character called Tacet, whom Taylor invented todiscuss issues he didn’t want to raise directly; and in conversation he can be evasive.

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It highlights statesman-poet More’s famous defense of that humane legal maxim, “Qui tacet consentire videtur”: “He who is silent should be understood to consent.”

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Qui tacet consentire is Latin for, “Silence gives consent.”

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