lulling

Lull \Lull\ (l[u^]l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Lulled} (l[u^]ld); 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.
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         Such sweet compulsion doth in music lie,
         To lull the daughters of necessity.      --Milton.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "lulling":
      abatement, allayment, alleviation, analgesia, anesthesia,
      anesthetizing, appeasement, appeasing, assuagement, blunting,
      calming, cradling, damping, deadening, demulsion, diminishment,
      diminution, dreamy, drowsy, dulcification, dulling, ease, easement,
      easing, falling-off, gentling, hushing, leniency, lessening,
      letdown, letup, lightening, loosening, mitigation, modulation,
      mollification, mollifying, numbing, pacification, pacifying,
      palliation, quietening, quieting, reduction, relaxation, relief,
      remedy, remission, restful, rocking, salving, slackening,
      softening, soothful, soothing, stilling, subduement, tempering,
      tranquilization, tranquilizing