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Assuage

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transitive verb. To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: synonym: relieve.

transitive verb. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).

transitive verb. To appease or calm.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To soften, in a figurative sense; allay; mitigate, ease, or lessen, as pain or grief; moderate; appease or pacify, as passion or tumult.

Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, etc. (see alleviate); to appease, mollify, temper (see lists under alleviate and allay).

To abate or subside; grow less: as, “let thin hert assuage,” Gower; “the waters asswaged,”

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

intransitive verb. To abate or subside.

transitive verb. 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.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

verb. To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).

verb. To pacify or soothe (someone).

verb. (obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

verb. satisfy (thirst)

verb. provide physical relief, as from pain

verb. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Word Usage

"The move would be to "assuage" DT holders who are "disenchanted" with the performance of the German telco's stock, the Journal says."

Form

assuagement assuager

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

calm calm down fill fulfil fulfill

Rhyme

Words with the same terminal sound

Age Cage Gage Osage Page

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

abate adjust to allay alleviate alleviate

verb-form

assuaged assuages assuaging