单词	assuage
释义	assuageas‧suage /əˈsweɪdʒ/ verb [transitive] literary Word Origin WORD ORIGINassuage Origin: 1200-1300 Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuaviare, from Latin ad- ‘to’ + suavis ‘sweet’ Verb Table VERB TABLE assuage Simple Form Present I, you, we, they assuage he, she, it assuages Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they assuaged Present perfect I, you, we, they have assuaged he, she, it has assuaged Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had assuaged Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will assuage Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have assuaged Continuous Form Present I am assuaging he, she, it is assuaging you, we, they are assuaging Past I, he, she, it was assuaging you, we, they were assuaging Present perfect I, you, we, they have been assuaging he, she, it has been assuaging Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been assuaging Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be assuaging Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been assuaging Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Debra tried to assuage my fears. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Ha face was pale, her eyes dark-rimmed, and this assuaged some of my pain at the nun's silly chatter. His presence alone would be assuaging to her. Its escapism and conservatism assuaged the threats of the Cold War world outside. My physical hunger could be quite quickly assuaged, my mental starvation was a different matter. The decision to look outside the bank for a chief executive is likely to assuage some critics of Barclays in the City. This itself suggests that such findings assuage some sense of guilt. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► assuage ... guilt  Nothing could assuage his guilt. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► assuage somebody’s guilt formal (=make someone feel less guilty)· She died before I got there, and there was nothing I could do to assuage my guilt and regret. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► guilt · Above all, affirmative action assuages white guilt.· Ill health removed the pleasures of dissipation for him, and there was nothing to assuage his guilt and regret.· Or assuage the guilt for abandoning that traditional ideal.· This itself suggests that such findings assuage some sense of guilt. to make an unpleasant feeling less painful or severe SYN  relieve:  Nothing could assuage his guilt.
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