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lulling

 

  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Lull  \Lull\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Lulled};  p.  pr  &  vb  n. 
  {Lulling}.]  [Akin  to  OD  lullen  to  sing  to  sleep,  G.  lullen, 
  Dan.  lulle,  Sw  lulla;  all  of  imitative  origin.  Cf  {Loll}, 
  {Lollard}.] 
  To  cause  to  rest  by  soothing  influences;  to  compose;  to  calm; 
  to  soothe;  to  quiet.  ``  To  lull  him  soft  asleep.''  --Spenser. 
 
  Such  sweet  compulsion  doth  in  music  lie,  To  lull  the 
  daughters  of  necessity.  --Milton. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  lulling 
  adj  :  causing  to  become  tranquil  [syn:  {calming},  {quietening}]




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