| 单词 | assuage |
| 释义 | assuage —assuagement, n. —assuager, n. /euh swayj", euh swayzh"/, v.t., assuaged, assuaging. 1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain. 2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger. 3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger. [1250-1300; ME aswagen < OF asouagier < VL *assuaviare, equiv. to L as- AS- + -suaviare, v. deriv. of L suavis agreeable to the taste, pleasant (cf. SUAVE; akin to SWEET)] Syn. 1. alleviate, lessen. Ant. intensify. |
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