susurrate

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susurrate

(ˈsjuːsəˌreɪt)

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) (intr) literary to make a soft rustling sound; whisper; murmur

[C17: from Latin susurrāre to whisper]

susurrant adj

ˌsusurˈration, ˈsusurrus n

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susurrate

Past participle: susurrated
Gerund: susurrating

Imperative
susurrate
susurrate

Present
I susurrate
you susurrate
he/she/it susurrates
we susurrate
you susurrate
they susurrate

Preterite
I susurrated
you susurrated
he/she/it susurrated
we susurrated
you susurrated
they susurrated

Present Continuous
I am susurrating
you are susurrating
he/she/it is susurrating
we are susurrating
you are susurrating
they are susurrating

Present Perfect
I have susurrated
you have susurrated
he/she/it has susurrated
we have susurrated
you have susurrated
they have susurrated

Past Continuous
I was susurrating
you were susurrating
he/she/it was susurrating
we were susurrating
you were susurrating
they were susurrating

Past Perfect
I had susurrated
you had susurrated
he/she/it had susurrated
we had susurrated
you had susurrated
they had susurrated

Future
I will susurrate
you will susurrate
he/she/it will susurrate
we will susurrate
you will susurrate
they will susurrate

Future Perfect
I will have susurrated
you will have susurrated
he/she/it will have susurrated
we will have susurrated
you will have susurrated
they will have susurrated

Future Continuous
I will be susurrating
you will be susurrating
he/she/it will be susurrating
we will be susurrating
you will be susurrating
they will be susurrating

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been susurrating
you have been susurrating
he/she/it has been susurrating
we have been susurrating
you have been susurrating
they have been susurrating

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been susurrating
you will have been susurrating
he/she/it will have been susurrating
we will have been susurrating
you will have been susurrating
they will have been susurrating

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been susurrating
you had been susurrating
he/she/it had been susurrating
we had been susurrating
you had been susurrating
they had been susurrating

Conditional
I would susurrate
you would susurrate
he/she/it would susurrate
we would susurrate
you would susurrate
they would susurrate

Past Conditional
I would have susurrated
you would have susurrated
he/she/it would have susurrated
we would have susurrated
you would have susurrated
they would have susurrated

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Verb

susurrate - issue soft noises

murmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms"

Translations

flüstern

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The whispers of these forgotten soldiers susurrate in a collection edited by Davis Omissi, Indian Voices of the Great War: Soldiers' Letters, 1914-18.

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"The first stage direction of 'Sense and Sensibility' had the word 'susurrate' in it," Doran says.

She's the boss: Emma Thompson brings a stern yet endearing presence to conflicted 'Mary Poppins' author P.L. Travers in 'Saving Mr. Banks'

He susurrates, whispers and sibilates with his feet in gently subversive ways--mindful of the forms' conventions and then questioning and playing with them so that they speak to us as aptly today as one hundred, two hundred, three hundred years ago.