hush Copy link Outline 1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (to keep from getting abroad)2. cēlo, tĕgo, etc. • hush: 1. comprĭmo, pressi, ssum, 3 (to keep from getting abroad): to h. up any one's faults, delicta alicujus c., Cic. Att. 10, 4, 1: they did their best to h. up the report of the fall of Carthage, ex industria famam captae Karthaginis compresserunt, Liv. 26, 51. 2. cēlo, tĕgo, etc.: v. to conceal. See also to still, appease.