assuage: Meaning and Definition of

as•suage

Pronunciation: (u-swāj', u-swāzh'), [key]

— -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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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