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English Dictionary: Hush! by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hush \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. [bd]This matter is hushed up.[b8] --Pope.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hush \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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hush \Hush\, n.
      Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] [bd]It is the hush of
      night.[b8] --Byron.
  
      {Hush money}, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the
            disclosure of facts. --Swift.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Hush \Hush\, a.
      Silent; quiet. [bd]Hush as death.[b8] --Shak.
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