assuage
[ə'swedʒ]
vt. 息, 缓, 减

1. Nothing can assuage the widow's grief.
   什缓寡哀伤。
2. Assuage their chronic insecurity.
   消除期感
3. Nothing can assuage the widow's grief.
   什缓寡哀伤。

assuage
[ verb ]

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

<verb.emotion> appease conciliate gentle gruntle lenify mollify pacify placate
She managed to mollify the angry customer

2. satisfy (thirst)

<verb.consumption> allay quench slake
The cold water quenched his thirst

3. provide physical relief, as from pain

<verb.body> alleviate palliate relieve
This pill will relieve your headaches

Assuage \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}.


Assuage \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.