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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Assuage \As*suage"\, v. i. To abate or subside. [Archaic] ``The waters assuaged.'' --Gen. vii. 1. The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. --De Foe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: assuage v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss" [syn: {pacify}, {lenify}, {conciliate}, {appease}, {mollify}, {placate}, {gentle}, {gruntle}] 2: satisfy (thirst) [syn: {quench}, {slake}, {allay}] 3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" [syn: {relieve}, {alleviate}, {palliate}]
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