ASSUAGING

Verb

assuaging

present participle of assuage

Noun

assuaging (plural assuagings)

The act of one who assuages.

Anagrams

• sausaging

Source: Wiktionary


ASSUAGE

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



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