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   Croon (krn), 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.
   
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   2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.
   
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   Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. Dickens.
   
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   3. To sing in a soft, evenly modulated manner adapted to amplifying systems, especially to sing in such a way with exaggerated sentimentality. MW10 RHUD
   
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   Croon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned (krnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooning.]
   1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.
   
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   Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. C. Bronté.
   
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   2. To soothe by singing softly.
   
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   The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. Dickens.
   
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   Croon, n.
   1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.
   
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   2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.
   
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