assuage

== English == === Alternative forms === asswage (obsolete) suage, swage, tasswage (obsolete, poetic) === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/ Rhymes: -eɪdʒ (US, regional) IPA(key): /əˈswɑʒ/ Rhymes: -ɑːʒ Hyphenation: as‧suage === Verb === assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged) (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.). 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost. (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone). (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “assuage”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “assuage”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “assuage”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. === Anagrams === sausage == Middle English == === Verb === assuage alternative form of aswagen