assuage
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assuage
- /əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/
- /əˈswɑʒ/ US, regional
Rhymes with -eɪdʒ, -ɑːʒ
Where it comes from
From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
verb assuages · assuaging · assuaged · asswage · suage
- To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.). Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
- To pacify or soothe (someone).
- To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
