LULL
 
 
                                                      . lulled, lulling, lulls 
 
 
MEANING: 
 
 
v.tr. 1. To cause to sleep or rest; soothe or calm.
2. To deceive into trustfulness. 
3.  to make calm or quiet
 
v.intr. 
 n.
 
1. A relatively calm interval, as in a storm.
2. An interval of lessened activity.
 
 
EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
 
 
          1. that honeyed charm that he used so effectively to lull his victims" (S.J. Perelman).
 
           2. The sound of the waves lulled him to sleep.