As*suage" , v. i. To abate or subside. [Archaic]
"The waters assuaged." Gen. vii. 1.
The plague being come to
a crisis, its fury began to assuage.
De Foe.
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.
Addison.
To
assuage the sorrows of a desolate
old man
Burke.
The fount at
which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge.
Byron.
Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
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