assuage
verb/əˈsweɪd͡ʒ//əˈswɑʒ/US
Etymology
From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
- derived from ad-
- derived from *assuāviō✻
- derived from asuagier
- inherited from aswagen
Definitions
To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
- Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
- to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
- the fount at which the panting mind assuages her thirst of knowledge
To pacify or soothe (someone).
To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.)
To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
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Derived
assuageable, assuagement, assuager, assuagingly, unassuaged, unassuaging
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