aswagen

== Middle English == === Alternative forms === a-suwage, a-swage, a-swagen, assuage, asswage, asswagen, asuage, aswage aswagi (Southern) === Etymology === From Old French asuagier, from Vulgar Latin *assuaviō. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈswaːd͡ʒən/ === Verb === aswagen To cure or assuage; to give relief (especially used with injury or harm) To pacify; to cause to relax or calm. To become calm or assuaged; to be rid of one's ills. To become smaller, diminish, or shrink. (rare) To cause to become smaller, diminish or shrink. (rare) To stop one's harassment or harrying. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== English: assuage, swage Scots: swadge ==== References ==== “as(s)wāǧen, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-06-2.