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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Whis·per v. i. [imp. & p. p. Whispered p. pr. & vb. n. Whispering.]
 1. 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.  See Whisper, n.
 2. To make a low, sibilant sound or noise.
    The hollow, whispering breeze.   --Thomson.
 3. To speak with suspicion, or timorous caution; to converse in whispers, as in secret plotting.
    All that hate me whisper together against me.   --Ps. xli. 7.

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 whispered
      adj : spoken in soft hushed tones (without vibrations of the vocal
            cords); "a long whispered conversation"