To prove true; verify; confirm as truth.
To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
To assent to; yield to; humor by agreement or concession.
To keep in good humor; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquillity; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
Synonyms and
To compose, tranquilize, pacify, ease, alleviate.
To temporize by assent, concession, flattery or cajolery.
To have a comforting or tranquilizing influence.