tacet
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Sentences with the word tacet
Ce procédé me parut nouveau ; mais la diablesse garda le tacet, en étouffant de rire...Honoré-Gabriel de Riqueti de Mirabeau (1749-1791)
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Dictionnaire universel de Furetière (1690)
Historical definition of TACET s. m.
Terme de Musique, qui se dit de certaines parties qui se taisent, tandis que les autres chantent. On dit aussi d'un homme qui ne dit mot, qu'il tient le tacet.
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