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assuage
- Main Entry:
- as·suage

- Pronunciation:
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\ə-ˈswāj also -ˈswāzh or -ˈswäzh\
- Function:
- transitive verb
- Inflected Form(s):
- as·suaged; as·suag·ing
- Etymology:
- Middle English aswagen, from Anglo-French asuager, from Vulgar Latin *assuaviare, from Latin ad- + suavis sweet
— more at sweet
- Date:
- 14th century
1
: to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease <unable to assuage their grief>
2
: pacify, quiet <vainly strove…to assuage an implacable foe
— Edward Gibbon>
3
: to put an end to by satisfying : appease, quench <assuaging his thirst>
— as·suage·ment
\-mənt\
noun
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