Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Croon"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Croon \Croon\, n.
1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Croon \Croon\ (kr??n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to
moan. ?24.]
1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in
pain. [Scot.] --Jamieson.
2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick
child, and rocking it to and fro. --Dickens.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Croon \Croon\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Crooned} (kr??nd); p. pr. &
vb. n. {Crooning}.]
1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. --C.
Bront?.
2. To soothe by singing softly.
The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung
and crooned himself asleep. --Dickens.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
croon
v : sing softly
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