About The Word Assuage

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Assuage

Assuage Meaning & Definition
Assuage Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Assuage?

[v] provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
[v] satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
[v] cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify her angry boss"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Assuage: allay | alleviate | appease | conciliate | gentle | gruntle | lenify | mollify | pacify | palliate | placate | quench | relieve | slake

Related Terms | Find terms related to Assuage: abate | adjust to | allay | alleviate | alter | anesthetize | appease | attemper | bank the fire | benumb | blunt | box in | chasten | circumscribe | condition | constrain | control | cushion | damp | dampen | deaden | deaden the pain | de-emphasize | diminish | downplay | dull | ease | ease matters | extenuate | feast | feed | foment | give relief | gratify | hedge | hedge about | keep within bounds | lay | leaven | lenify | lessen | lighten | limit | lull | mitigate | moderate | modify | modulate | mollify | narrow | numb | obtund | pad | palliate | play down | poultice | pour balm into | pour oil on | qualify | quench | reduce | reduce the temperature | regale | regulate by | relieve | restrain | restrict | salve | sate | satiate | satisfy | season | set conditions | set limits | slacken | slake | slow down | smother | sober | sober down | soften | soothe | stifle | stupe | subdue | suppress | tame | temper | tone down | tune down | underplay | weaken

See Also | ameliorate | amend | better | calm | calm down | comfort | consume | ease | fill | fulfil | fulfill | have | improve | ingest | lull | meet | meliorate | quiet | quieten | satisfy | soothe | still | take | take in | tranquilize | tranquillise | tranquillize

Assuage In Webster's Dictionary

\As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See {Sweet}.] To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire. Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison. To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke. The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron. Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See {Alleviate}.
\As*suage"\, v. i. To abate or subside. [Archaic] ``The waters assuaged.'' --Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. --De Foe.

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