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whisper

 

  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whisper  \Whis"per\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  utter  in  a  low  and  nonvocal  tone;  to  say  under  the 
  breath;  hence  to  mention  privately  and  confidentially,  or 
  in  a  whisper. 
 
  They  might  buzz  and  whisper  it  one  to  another. 
  --Bentley. 
 
  2.  To  address  in  a  whisper,  or  low  voice.  [Archaic] 
 
  And  whisper  one  another  in  the  ear.  --Shak. 
 
  Where  gentlest  breezes  whisper  souls  distressed. 
  --Keble. 
 
  3.  To  prompt  secretly  or  cautiously;  to  inform  privately. 
  [Obs.]  ``He  came  to  whisper  Wolsey.''  --Shak. 
 
  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  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Whisper  \Whis"per\,  n. 
  1.  A  low  soft,  sibilant  voice  or  utterance,  which  can  be 
  heard  only  by  those  near  at  hand;  voice  or  utterance  that 
  employs  only  breath  sound  without  tone,  friction  against 
  the  edges  of  the  vocal  cords  and  arytenoid  cartilages 
  taking  the  place  of  the  vibration  of  the  cords  that 
  produces  tone;  sometimes  in  a  limited  sense  the  sound 
  produced  by  such  friction  as  distinguished  from  breath 
  sound  made  by  friction  against  parts  of  the  mouth.  See 
  {Voice},  n.,  2,  and  Guide  to  Pronunciation,  [sect][sect] 
  5,  153,  154. 
 
  The  inward  voice  or  whisper  can  not  give  a  tone. 
  --Bacon. 
 
  Soft  whispers  through  the  assembly  went  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  A  cautious  or  timorous  speech.  --South. 
 
  3.  Something  communicated  in  secret  or  by  whispering;  a 
  suggestion  or  insinuation. 
 
  4.  A  low  sibilant  sound.  ``The  whispers  of  the  leaves.'' 
  --Tennyson. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  whisper 
  n  1:  speaking  without  vibration  of  the  vocal  cords 
  2:  the  light  noise  like  the  noise  of  silk  clothing  or  leaves 
  blowing  in  the  wind  [syn:  {rustle},  {rustling},  {whispering}] 
  v  :  speak  softly;  in  a  low  voice  [ant:  {shout}]




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