3. To flatter by approving; to cajole; to impose on; to humbug.
[Colloq. & Low]
Hum, n. 1. A low monotonous noise, as of bees in flight, of a swiftly
revolving top, of a wheel, or the like; a drone; a buzz.
The shard-borne beetle with his drowsy hums.
Shak.
2. Any inarticulate and buzzing sound; as: (a) The confused noise of a
crowd or of machinery, etc., heard at a distance; as, the hum of
industry.
But 'midst the crowd, the hum, the shock of men.
Byron.
(b) A buzz or murmur, as of approbation. Macaulay.