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Hush

Hush (hush)
v. t.(?)
Hush
[imp. *** p. p. Hushed (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n. Hushing.] [OE. huschen, hussen, prob. of imitative origin] cf. LG. hussen to lull to sleep, G. husch quick, make haste,
  1. To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

    My tongue shall hush again this storm of war. Shak.

  2. To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.

    With thou, then,
    Hush my cares?     Otway.

    And hush'd my deepest grief of all. Tennyson.

    To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. "This matter is hushed up." Pope.

Hush

Hush (hush)
v. i.
Hush
  1. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.

    Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill. Keble.

    But all these strangers' presence every one did hush. Spenser.

Hush

Hush (hush)
n.
Hush
  1. Stillness; silence; quiet.
    [R.] "It is the hush of night." Byron.

    Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts. Swift.

Hush

Hush (hush)
a.
Hush
  1. Silent; quiet.
    "Hush as death." Shak.












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