You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.
relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage
(verb) provide physical relief, as from pain; “This pill will relieve your headaches”
quench, slake, allay, assuage
(verb) satisfy (thirst); “The cold water quenched his thirst”
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; “She managed to mollify the angry customer”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged)
(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
(transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
(intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
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Source: Wiktionary
As*suage", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuaging.] Etym: [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See Sweet.]
Definition: 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.
As*suage", v. i.
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
You can overdose on coffee if you drink about 30 cups in a brief period to get close to a lethal dosage of caffeine.