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   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.]
   To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.
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   My tongue shall hush again this storm of war.
   Shak.
   
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   To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
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   With thou, then,
   Hush my cares?
   Otway.
   
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   And hush'd my deepest grief of all.
   Tennyson.
   
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   To hush up, to procure silence concerning; to suppress; to keep secret. “This matter is hushed up.”  
   Pope.
   
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   Hush, v. i. To become or to keep still or quiet; to become silent; -- esp. used in the imperative, as an exclamation; be still; be silent or quiet; make no noise.
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   Hush, idle words, and thoughts of ill.
   Keble.
   
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   But all these strangers' presence every one did hush.
   Spenser.
   
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   Hush, n. Stillness; silence; quiet. [R.] “It is the hush of night.”  
   Byron.
   
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   Hush money, money paid to secure silence, or to prevent the disclosure of facts.
   Swift.
   
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   Hush, a. Silent; quiet. “Hush as death.”  
   Shak.
   
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