aslake
transitive verb
əˈslāk
-ed/-ing/-s
archaic
: to cause to abate or diminish
waits for the prey … its hunger to aslake
Robert Southey
Robert Southey
Word History
Etymology
Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian to become or make slack, diminish, loosen, from ā- (perfective prefix) + slacian to slacken