(intransitive) 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.
(transitive) To mention privately and confidentially, or in a whisper.
(intransitive) To make a low, sibilant sound.
(intransitive) To speak with suspicion or timorouscaution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
(transitive, obsolete) To address in a whisper, or low voice.
(transitive, obsolete) To prompt secretly or cautiously; to inform privately.
