WHISPER

WHISPER. → See BUSYBODY → See SLANDER → See TALEBEARER

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whisper. Whisper, v.i. to speak in a low voice

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Whis″per (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whispered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Whispering.] [[AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispal�n, Icel. hvīskra, Sw. hviska, Dan. hviske; of imitative origin. Cf. Whistle.]] 1. 1. To speak softly, or under the breath, so as to be heard only by one near at hand; to utter words without sonant breath; to talk without that vibration in the larynx which gives sonorous, or vocal, sound. See Whisper, n.
2. 2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
The hollow, whispering breeze. Thomson. 3. 3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
All that hate me whisper together against me. Ps. xli. 7.