Hush (?), v. t. [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, be silent.]
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.
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Hush, v. i.
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.
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Hush, n.
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.
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Hush, a.
Silent; quiet.
"Hush as death."
Shak.
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