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Webster 1913 Edition

Lull

Lull

(lŭl)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Lulled
(lŭld)
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Lulling
.]
[Akin to OD.
lullen
to sing to sleep, G.
lullen
, Dan.
lulle
, Sw.
lulla
; all of imitative origin. Cf.
Loll
,
Lollard
.]
To cause to rest by soothing influences; to compose; to calm; to soothe; to quiet.
“ To lull him soft asleep.”
Spenser.
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie,
To
lull
the daughters of necessity.
Milton.

Lull

,
Verb.
I.
To become gradually calm; to subside; to cease or abate for a time;
as, the storm
lulls
.

Lull

,
Noun.
1.
The power or quality of soothing; that which soothes; a lullaby.
[R.]
Young.
2.
A temporary cessation of storm or confusion.

Webster 1828 Edition

Lull

LULL

,
Verb.
T.
[L. lallo. The sense is to throw down, to still, to appease. Seamen say, the wind lulls, when it subsides.]
To quiet; to compose; to cause to rest. The nation may be lulled into security.
- To lull him soft asleep.
Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie, to lull the daughters of necessity.

LULL

,
Verb.
I.
To subside; to cease; to become calm; as, the wind lulls.

LULL

,
Noun.
Power or quality of soothing.

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