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whispered


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whisper  \Whis"per\,  v.  i.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Whispered};  p.  pr  & 
  vb  n.  {Whispering}.]  [AS.  hwisprian  akin  to  G.  wispern, 
  wispeln,  OHG.  hwispal?n,  Icel.  hv[=i]skra,  Sw  hviska  Dan. 
  hviske  of  imitative  origin.  Cf  {Whistle}.] 
  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.  To  make  a  low  sibilant  sound  or  noise. 
 
  The  hollow,  whispering  breeze.  --Thomson. 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whispered 
  adj  :  spoken  in  soft  hushed  tones  (without  vibrations  of  the  vocal 
  cords);  "a  long  whispered  conversation" 




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