lull
verb transitive[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.
[L. lallo. The sense is to throw down, to still, to appease. Seamen say, the wind lulls, when it subsides.]