Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Assuaging.]
[OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
Sweet.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
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Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
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To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
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The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron.
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Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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92 Moby Thesaurus words for "assuage":
abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, alter, anesthetize, appease,
attemper, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, box in, chasten,
circumscribe, condition, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen,
de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, diminish, downplay, dull,
ease, ease matters, extenuate, feast, feed, foment, give relief,
gratify, hedge, hedge about, keep within bounds, lay, leaven,
lenify, lessen, lighten, limit, lull, mitigate, moderate, modify,
modulate, mollify, narrow, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, play down,
poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, qualify, quench, reduce,
reduce the temperature, regale, regulate by, relieve, restrain,
restrict, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, season, set conditions,
set limits, slacken, slake, slow down, smother, sober, sober down,
soften, soothe, stifle, stupe, subdue, suppress, tame, temper,
tone down, tune down, underplay, weaken
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Assuaging.]
[OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
Sweet.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst
of knowledge. --Byron.
Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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