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assuage
(mass) | assuage
- upokojiť |
assuage
(encz) | assuage,uklidnit Pavel Cvrček |
assuage
(encz) | assuage,zmírnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
Assuage
(gcide) | Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Assuaging.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
Sweet.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
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Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
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To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
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The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron.
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Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
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Assuage
(gcide) | Assuage \As*suage"\, v. i.
To abate or subside. [Archaic] "The waters assuaged." --Gen.
vii. 1.
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The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to
assuage. --De Foe.
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assuage
(wn) | assuage
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn:
quench, slake, allay, assuage]
3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will
relieve your headaches" [syn: relieve, alleviate,
palliate, assuage] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
assuage
(mass) | assuage
- upokojiť |
assuage
(encz) | assuage,uklidnit Pavel Cvrčekassuage,zmírnit v: Zdeněk Brož |
assuaged
(encz) | assuaged,utišil v: Zdeněk Brožassuaged,zmírnil v: Zdeněk Brož |
unassuaged
(encz) | unassuaged, |
Assuaged
(gcide) | Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. &
vb. n. Assuaging.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
Sweet.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
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Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
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To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
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The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron.
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Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
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Assuagement
(gcide) | Assuagement \As*suage"ment\, n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.]
Mitigation; abatement.
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Assuager
(gcide) | Assuager \As*sua"ger\, n.
One who, or that which, assuages.
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assuage
(wn) | assuage
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify,
placate, gentle, gruntle]
2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn:
quench, slake, allay, assuage]
3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will
relieve your headaches" [syn: relieve, alleviate,
palliate, assuage] |
assuagement
(wn) | assuagement
n 1: the feeling that comes when something burdensome is removed
or reduced; "as he heard the news he was suddenly flooded
with relief" [syn: relief, alleviation, assuagement] |
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