WHISPER, L. The word seems by its sound to be an onomatopy, as it expresses a sibilant sound or breathing.
1. To speak with a low hissing or sibilant voice. It is manners to whisper in company.
The hollow whispring breeze--
2. To speak with suspicion or timorous caution.
3. To plot secretly to devise in mischief.
All that hate me whisper together against me. Psalms 41 .
WHISPER,
1. To address in a low voice. He whispers the man in the ear. But this is elliptical for whispers to.
2. To utter in a low sibilant voice. He whispered a word in my ear.
3. To prompt secretly as, the came to whisper Woolsey.
WHISPER, n.
1. A low soft sibilant voice or words uttered with such a voice.
The whisper cannot give a tone.
Soft whispers through the assembly went.
2. A cautious or timorous speech.
3. A hissing or buzzing sound.
The King James Bible has stood its ground for nearly 400 years. However, during that time the English language has changed, and with it the meanings of some words it used. Here are more than 6,500 words whose definitions have changed since 1611.Wikipedia
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