Assuage

глагол 1) успокаивать (гнев); облегчать, смягчать (горе, боль) Синоним(ы): ease, lessen 2) умиротворять, укрощать, успокаивать Синоним(ы): pacify, quiet 3) удовлетворять, утолять (желание, голод, жажду)

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Assuage

transitive verb (assuaged; assuaging) Etymology: Middle English aswagen, from Anglo-French asuager, from Vulgar Latin *assuaviare, from Latin ad- + suavis sweet — more at sweet 1. to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses); ease Example: unable to assuage their grief 2. pacify, quiet Example: vainly strove…to assuage an implacable foe — Edward Gibbon 3. to put an end to by satisfying; appease, quench Example: assuaging his thirst Synonyms: see relieveassuagement noun

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