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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Soothe \Soothe\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soothed}; p. pr & vb n.
{Soothing}.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE so?ien to
verify, AS ges??ian to prove the truth of to bear witness.
See {Sooth}, a.]
1. To assent to as true. [Obs.] --Testament of Love.
2. To assent to to comply with to gratify; to humor by
compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words to
flatter.
Good, my lord, soothe him let him take the fellow.
--Shak.
I've tried the force of every reason on him Soothed
and caressed, been angry, soothed again --Addison.
3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as to soothe
a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To
soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. --Congreve.
Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it
can not slake The fever of vain longing. --Byron.
Syn: To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify;
tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.
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