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

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…

To assuage, soothe, allay, or relieve. physical pain (obsolete) or mental suffering.

transitive. To relieve, alleviate, or remove (labour, pain, etc.). Obsolete.

To arrest the progress of (a disease); to allay (pain); to relieve (a person) of pain.

transitive. To destroy (an ulcer, living tissue, etc.), esp. with a caustic substance; to render necrotic. Obsolete.

transitive. To relieve the pain of.

Medicine. transitive. To relieve or reduce (a condition, esp. pain or numbness). Obsolete. rare.