Dictionary entry

Whisper

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Whis″per (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Whispered (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Whispering.] [AS. hwisprian; akin to G. wispern, wispeln, OHG. hwispal�n, Icel. hvīskra, 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.