assuage

One entry found for assuage.

Main Entry: as·suage
Pronunciation: &-'swAj also -'swAzh or -'swäzh
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
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>
synonym see RELIEVE
- as·suage·ment /-m&nt/ noun