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assuage

[ uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh ]

verb (used with object)

assuaged, assuaging.
  1. to make milder or less severe; alleviate; ease; mitigate:

    to assuage one's grief;

    to assuage one's pain.

    Synonyms: , , ,

  2. to assuage one's hunger.

  3. to soothe, calm, or mollify:

    to assuage his fears;

    to assuage her anger.



assuage

/ 蓹藞swe瑟d蕭; 蓹藞swe瑟s瑟v /

verb

  1. to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc)
  2. to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
  3. to pacify; calm
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 补蝉藞蝉耻补驳别谤, noun
  • 补蝉藞蝉耻补驳别尘别苍迟, noun
  • assuasive, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 补蝉路蝉耻补驳别路尘别苍迟 noun
  • 补蝉路蝉耻补驳路别谤 noun
  • 耻苍路补蝉路蝉耻补驳路颈苍驳 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of assuage1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English aswagen, from Old French asouagier, from unrecorded Vulgar Latin 补蝉蝉耻腻惫颈腻谤别, equivalent to Latin as- as- + -蝉耻腻惫颈腻谤别, verbal derivative of Latin 蝉耻腻惫颈蝉 鈥渁greeable to the taste, pleasant鈥 ( suave; akin to sweet )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of assuage1

C14: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin 补蝉蝉耻腻惫颈腻谤别 (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin 蝉耻腻惫颈蝉 pleasant; see suave
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Bass said the steps she is taking to balance the budget should assuage some of the rating agency鈥檚 concerns.

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Squirreling the creature home in her backpack, she assuages its hissing-and-squawking terror with some simple nursing, then decides the right thing to do is reunite her new friend with its family.

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That was a relief to the stock market, which rose in early trading, though it didn鈥檛 assuage fears that Trump鈥檚 continued trade war may push domestic inflation higher.

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The firm will hope the move may help assuage drivers who have taken strike action in recent months over what they say is unfair pay.

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"Social Security is not being touched," Republican Rep. Bill Huizenga tried to assuage his panicked Michigan constituents earlier this month.

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