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resoothe

verb

Etymology

From re- + soothe.

  1. derived from *h₁es-✻ — “to be”
  2. inherited from *sanþōną✻ — “to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”
  3. inherited from *sanþōn✻
  4. inherited from sōþian — “to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”
  5. inherited from sothen — “to verify, prove the validity of”
  6. prefixed as resoothe — “re + soothe”

Definitions

  1. To soothe again.

    • When the man had gone he resoothed the horse, but his hand stuck out only a few inches from his body.
    • Not remembering eats at you, but remembering soothes and resoothes.
    • They spent the rest of the day soothing and resoothing, sorting rhythms, and filling one another in on every facet of this crazy, ice-laden time.

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