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assuage (v. trans.)
1.provide physical relief, as from pain"This pill will relieve your headaches"
2.satisfy (thirst)"The cold water quenched his thirst"
3.cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
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Merriam Webster
AssuageAs*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.
AssuageAs*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.
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Ver também
assuage (v. trans.)
↘ beguiling ↗ thirst, thirstiness ≠ irritate
assuage (v. tr.)
assuage (v. tr.)
fill, fulfil, fulfill, meet, satisfy[Hyper.]
thirst, thirstiness[GenV+comp]
consume, have, ingest, take, take in[Domaine]
allay, assuage, quench, slake[Syntagme]
assuage (v. tr.)
induire en erreur (fr)[Classe]
caresse (fr)[termes liés]
(compliment; kudos; praise; bravo; cheers; felicitation; congratulation), (admirer)[termes liés]
calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten, soothe, still, tranquilize, tranquillise, tranquillize[Hyper.]
mollification, pacification - conciliation, placation, propitiation - baby's dummy, comforter, pacifier, teething ring - ataraxis, heartsease, peace, peacefulness, peace of mind, repose, rest, serenity - conciliator, make-peace, pacifier, peacemaker, reconciler - peace - mollification - conciliation - conciliative, conciliatory - appeasing, placating, placative, placatory - appeasable, conciliable[Dérivé]
assuage (v. tr.)
relieve; alleviate; palliate; assuage[ClasseHyper.]
appease[ClasseHyper.]
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