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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 \Assuage"\, 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}. \Assuage"\, 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.

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"

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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