Subside

sub-sīd′, v.i. to settle down: to settle at the bottom: to fall into a state of quiet: to sink to a lower level: ( coll. ) to cease talking, to take a le prominent place.— ns. Subsī′dence (also Sub′sidence ), Subsī′dency , act or proce of subsiding, settling, or sinking. [L. subsidĕre — sub , down, sidĕre , to settle.]