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Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh |
Phonetic Transcription : əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ |
Definition of assuage
Origin :- c.1300, from Anglo-French assuager, Old French assoagier "soften, moderate, alleviate, calm, soothe, pacify," from Vulgar Latin *adsuaviare, from Latin ad- "to" (see ad-) + suavis "sweet, agreeable" (see sweet). For sound development in French, cf. deluge from Latin diluvium, abridge from abbreviare. Related: Assuaged; assuaging.
- verb soothe, relieve
- To assuage remorse, she sought to give evidence as to a prevalent sympathy.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- But his well-meant attempt to assuage the stricken creature's wo was futile.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- For a long while he was preoccupied by an intense desire to assuage it.
- Extract from : « A Spirit in Prison » by Robert Hichens
- Thus I assuage my conscience and justify the fun, the joy, the excitement, and the violence.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- It was Roger's first experience in trying to assuage the grief of any one else.
- Extract from : « The Forbidden Trail » by Honor Willsie
- What will mortals not do, to what lengths have men not gone, to assuage the pangs of hunger?
- Extract from : « Jesus the Christ » by James Edward Talmage
- Many sorrows which he overlooks the deaconess can discern and assuage.
- Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft
- Col. Malcome strove by every means in his power to assuage and lighten his sorrows.
- Extract from : « Eventide » by Effie Afton
- But they could not assuage one torturing pain, or prolong his life for a second!
- Extract from : « The Young Lord and Other Tales » by Camilla Toulmin
- And it was all the sharper because I did not know how or where I could assuage it.
- Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker
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