a. Obs. rare. [f. L. tacēre to be silent + -ID1; cf. acid from L. acēre.] = TACIT.
1651. J. F[reake], Agrippa’s Occ. Philos., 119. Whence also the tacid consents of animals seem to agree with divine bodies.
1659. T. Pecke, Parnassi Puerp., 38. In the Chest … lockt up, or your most Tacid Breast.
Hence † Tacidly adv. = TACITLY.
1640. G. Sandys, Christ’s Passion, III. 255. Nor Loaves, so tacidly increast, Againe so many thousands feast.
