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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024as•suage (ə swāj′, ə swāzh′),USA pronunciation v.t., -suaged, -suag•ing. - to make milder or less severe;
relieve;
ease;
mitigate:to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. - to appease;
satisfy;
allay;
relieve:to assuage one's hunger. - to soothe, calm, or mollify:to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger.
- Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre, equivalent. to Latin as- as- + -suāviāre, verb, verbal derivative of Latin suāvis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (compare suave; akin to sweet)
- Old French asouagier
- Middle English aswagen 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alleviate, lessen.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: assuage /əˈsweɪdʒ/ vb (transitive)- to soothe, moderate, or relieve (grief, pain, etc)
- to give relief to (thirst, appetite, etc); satisfy
- to pacify; calm
Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French assouagier, from Vulgar Latin assuāviāre (unattested) to sweeten, from Latin suāvis pleasant; see suaveasˈsuagement n asˈsuager n |