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Assuage

//əˈsweɪd͡ʒ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.). transitive

    "Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage."

  2. 2
    provide physical relief, as from pain wordnet
  3. 3
    To pacify or soothe (someone). transitive
  4. 4
    satisfy (thirst) wordnet
  5. 5
    To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. intransitive, obsolete
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  1. 6
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“I sweeten, I butter up, I calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.

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