assuage
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as·suage
(ə-swāj′)tr.v. as·suaged, as·suag·ing, as·suag·es
1. To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: assuage her grief. See Synonyms at relieve.
2. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
3. To appease or calm: assuaged his critics.
[Middle English asswagen, from Old French assuagier, from Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Latin suāvis, sweet, delightful; see swād- in Indo-European roots.]
as·suage′ment n.
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assuage
(əˈsweɪdʒ)vb (tr)
1. to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc)
2. to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
3. to pacify; calm
[C14: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuāviāre (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin suāvis pleasant; see suave]
asˈsuagement n
asˈsuager n
assuasive adj
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as•suage
(əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ)v.t. -suaged, -suag•ing.
1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief.
2. to appease; satisfy; allay: to assuage one's hunger.
3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage one's fears.
[1250–1300; < Old French asouagier < Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre < Latin as- as- + -suāviāre <suāvis suave]
as•suage′ment, n.
as•suag′er, n.
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assuage
Past participle: assuaged
Gerund: assuaging
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| Verb | 1. |  assuage - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"calm, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize, calm down, quiet, quieten, lull - make calm or still; "quiet the dragons of worry and fear" |
| 2. |  assuage - satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" | |
| 3. |  assuage - provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
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assuage
verb
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assuage
verb1. To make less severe or more bearable:
2. To ease the anger or agitation of:
appease, calm (down), conciliate, dulcify, gentle, mollify, pacify, placate, propitiate, soften, soothe, sweeten.
Idiom: pour oil on troubled water.
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Translations
assuage
[əˈsweɪdʒ] VT (liter) [+ feelings, anger] → aplacar; [+ pain] → calmar, aliviar; [+ passion] → mitigar, suavizar; [+ desire] → satisfacer; [+ appetite] → satisfacer, saciar; [+ person] → apaciguar, sosegarhe was not easily assuaged → no resultaba fácil apaciguarlo or sosegarlo
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assuage
[əˈsweɪdʒ] vt [+ grief, pain] → soulager; [+ thirst, appetite, hunger] → assouvir; [+ guilt] → atténuer; [+ anger] → apaiserCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
assuage
vt hunger, thirst, desire → stillen, befriedigen; anger, fears etc → beschwichtigen; pain, grief → lindern; guilt → vermindern; conscience → erleichtern
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