assuage Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
    gruntle; placate; appease; conciliate; gentle; pacify; mollify; lenify.
    • She managed to mollify the angry customer
  2. verb satisfy (thirst)
    quench; allay; slake.
    • The cold water quenched his thirst
  3. verb provide physical relief, as from pain
    relieve; palliate; alleviate.
    • This pill will relieve your headaches

WordNet

As*suage" transitive verb
Etymology
OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See Sweet.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Assuaged; present participle & verbal noun Assuaging
Definitions
  1. 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.
As*suage" intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913