transitive. To render ‘lithe’, i.e. gentle or mild; to influence (a person) gently; to relax (fetters); to assuage, mitigate (grief, pain); to…

transitive. To alleviate, mitigate; to assuage.

transitive. To subdue (only Old English); to mitigate, assuage, relieve (pain, etc.).

To relieve (pain); to assuage, allay (an appetite, desire).

transitive. To make light, or less heavy; to lighten, alleviate (a burden); to relieve (a person) of a burden. Also figurative. Obsolete.

transitive. To mitigate or relieve (pain).

transitive. To ease or abate the intensity or pain of (an injury, sore, etc.); to assuage (a person's sorrow); to comfort or soothe (a person who…

transitive. To appease, mitigate, pacify, relieve, reduce, abate. emotion, violent action, troubled thoughts, cares, etc.

transitive. To lessen or reduce in force or intensity; to moderate. Formerly also in passive (with unexpressed agent): †to be reduced in force or…

To lighten (a burden, etc.); to lessen (an inconvenience); to assuage, relieve (pain, distress).

transitive. To make calm or still; to quieten, appease, or assuage. Also: to soothe, coax; to tame, silence.

transitive. To relieve, alleviate, mitigate (a burden, pain, etc.); to reduce, lessen.

To assuage, quench (grief, pain, appetite).

To render less acute or painful; to abate, mitigate, or assuage. Now rare.

To mitigate, alleviate, soothe, relieve (physical or mental pain); to lessen the violence of (disease).

transitive. figurative. To smooth over, excuse, explain away. Obsolete.

To alleviate, moderate. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. figurative. To remedy, soothe, alleviate; to give compensation for. Also with over.

transitive. To make less painful or easier to bear; to mitigate, assuage. Also intransitive in early use. Cf. to soften the blow at blow, n.1…

transitive. To reduce the weight or severity of (something abstract or immaterial); to alleviate, lessen, mitigate.

transitive. To alleviate or give relief from (an illness or symptom, pain, suffering, sorrow, etc.); to lessen the trouble caused by (an evil or…

transitive. To feed; to supply with food or nourishment. Obsolete.

To make soft, soften, mitigate.

transitive. To make (pain, suffering, etc.) less severe; to relieve; to ease, reduce. Also occasionally intransitive.

transitive. = alleviate, v. (in various senses).

transitive. To render slack or relaxed; to assuage, mitigate. Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To relieve.

transitive. To make less burdensome, relieve. Also: to raise up, lift, elevate.

To soothe, mitigate, assuage (an ‘appetite’).

To make less unpleasant or painful; to alleviate, lighten, mitigate.

To allay, assuage, mitigate the force of (passion, trouble, etc.).

transitive. To undo the embittering of, to free from bitterness.

transitive. To soothe or mitigate (something).

transitive. To assuage, mitigate.

transitive. = tranquillize, v.

To reduce the force or intensity of (a passion, pain, etc.); to render less painful or violent; to allay, assuage, mitigate, etc.