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▪ I. ‖ tace|ˈteɪsiː|
[L. tacē, imper. of tacēre to be silent.]
The Latin for ‘Be silent’. tace is Latin for a candle, a humorously veiled hint to any one to keep silent about something.
[Cf.1605Camden Rem. 162 (Impresses) Edmund of Langley..asked..his sonnes..what was Latine for a fetter-locke: Whereat when the yong gentleman studied, the father said, ‘..I will tell you, Hic hæc hoc taceatis’, as advising them to be silent and quiet.] 1697Dampier's Voy. 356 Trust none of them for they are all Thieves, but Tace is Latin for a Candle. 1752Fielding Amelia i. x, ‘Tace, Madam’, answered Murphy, ‘is Latin for a candle; I commend your prudence’. 1821Scott Fam. Lett. 24 Feb. (1894) II. 115 Tace shall be hereafter with me ‘Latin for a candle’.
▪ II. tace
= tas, obs. 3 sing. pres. of take v.; obs. form of tasse. |