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salve

Main Entry: ²salve

Function: transitive verb

Inflected Form(s): salved; salv·ing

Date: before 12th century

1 : to remedy (as disease) with or as if with a salve
2 : quiet, assuage <give him a raise in salary to salve his feelings — Upton Sinclair>

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