WIKTIONARY - Yabla

assuage

Verb

∙ To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). transitive
∙ To pacify or soothe (someone). transitive
∙ To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. intransitive, obsolete

BABYLON ENGLISH
assuage v.
sooth, calm, make less intense; appease, satisfy; conciliate

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
assuage
assuage
\as*suage"\, v. i. to abate or subside. [archaic] "the waters assuaged." vii. 1. the plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage.
assuage
\as*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. to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man the fount at which the panting mind assuages her thirst of knowledge.

WORDNET 2.0
assuage
Verb
1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
(synonym) pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
(hypernym) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
2. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
(synonym) quench, slake, allay
(hypernym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
3. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
(synonym) relieve, alleviate, palliate
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) soothe
(derivation) relief, alleviation, assuagement

WIKTIONARY - Yabla

assuage

Verb

∙ To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). transitive
∙ To pacify or soothe (someone). transitive
∙ To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. intransitive, obsolete

BABYLON ENGLISH
assuage v.
sooth, calm, make less intense; appease, satisfy; conciliate

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
assuage
assuage
\as*suage"\, v. i. to abate or subside. [archaic] "the waters assuaged." vii. 1. the plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage.
assuage
\as*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. to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man the fount at which the panting mind assuages her thirst of knowledge.

WORDNET 2.0
assuage
Verb
1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
(synonym) pacify, lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
(hypernym) calm, calm down, quiet, tranquilize, tranquillize, tranquillise, quieten, lull, still
2. satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
(synonym) quench, slake, allay
(hypernym) meet, satisfy, fill, fulfill, fulfil
(entail) consume, ingest, take in, take, have
3. provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches"
(synonym) relieve, alleviate, palliate
(hypernym) better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate
(hyponym) soothe
(derivation) relief, alleviation, assuagement

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