Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hushed"
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. ``This matter is hushed up.'' --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hushed
adj : in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a
subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand" [syn: {muted}, {subdued},
{quiet}]
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