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Definition of Tacet
1. v. impers. It is silent; -- a direction for a vocal or instrumental part to be silent during a whole movement.
Definition of Tacet
1. Verb. (music) instruction indicating silence on the part of the performers of a piece ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tacet
1. be silent -- used as a musical direction [interj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tacet
Literary usage of Tacet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sancti Aurelii Augustini Episcopi De Civitate Dei Libri XXII. by Augustinus, (1877)
"... Abrahae circumcisio postea est im- perata, sacra historia tacet. ... homines non
tacet; quod et in duobus primis fratribus ..."
2. Compendium of Modern Civil Law by Ferdinand Mackeldey (1845)
"... doubtless misled the juriste» into regarding the rule. "qui tacet consentit,"
as of t >o sweeping a nature; the consequence of which wa. ..."
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