On Fri, January 5, 2007 3:09 pm, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: > Barry Gershenfeld wrote: >> >> >This is just an aside, but I think there is a some difference between >> >acquiesce and quiesce. I suppose if your disks seem temperamental, the >> >meanings might be equivalent. >> >> The biggest difference being that acquiesce is an English word. I >> looked >> up 'quiesce' since I'd never heard of it, and it appears to be >> jargon. > > The OED says: > > acquiesce, v. > 1. intr. To remain at rest, either physically or mentally; to rest > satisfied (in a place or state). Obs. > b. To acquiesce from: To rest, or cease from. Obs. rare. > c. To acquiesce under: To remain in quiet subjection, to submit > quietly, to remain submissive. Obs. > 2. To agree tacitly to, concur in; to accept (the conclusions or > arrangements of others). > b. Const. to, with. Obs. > 3. trans. To bring to rest; to appease, satisfy, or harmonize. Obs. > > First use: 1642 > > quiesce, v. > 1. intr. To become quiescent; to subside into. > 2. intr. Of a letter: To become silent; said of the feeble consonants > in Hebrew when their sound is absorbed in that of a preceding vowel. > > First use: 1828 > > >
Ya gotta love this list! Comparing the subject line with the extended discussion of one poor little word ... wotta bunch we are! -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
