HUSH

hush|husht. hush, husht, peace, or be still.

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hush. Hush, v. to appease, quiet, forbid; exclam. be still

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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. 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. 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.