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    lull
    [ləl]
    verb
    lulled (past tense) · lulled (past participle)
    1. calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements:
      "the rhythm of the boat lulled her to sleep"
      • cause (someone) to feel deceptively secure or confident:
        "the rarity of earthquakes there has lulled people into a false sense of security"
      • (of noise or a storm) abate or fall quiet:
        "conversation lulled for an hour"
    Origin
    Middle English: imitative of sounds used to quieten a child; compare with Latin lallare ‘sing to sleep’, Swedish lulla ‘hum a lullaby’, and Dutch lullen ‘talk nonsense’. The noun (first recorded in the sense ‘soothing drink’) dates from the mid 17th century.
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    verb
    1. calm or send to sleep, typically with soothing sounds or movements:
      soothe
      quiet
      hush
      lullaby
      rock to sleep
      Opposite:
      waken
      agitate
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