Assuage



GRE 蓝宝 Barron

解释

GRE 红宝书

• v. 缓和, 减轻
• ［英］ v. 缓和, 减轻 ( to lessen, allay, relieve)
• ［记］ as+suage ( 甜) -> 变甜 -> 缓和
• ［同］ 同根词: suave ( 温和的, 讨好人的)

Webster Collegiate

transitive verb (assuaged; assuaging)

• Etymology: Middle English aswagen, from Anglo-French asuager, from Vulgar Latin *assuaviare, from Latin ad- + suavis sweet — more at sweet
• Date: 14th century
• 1. to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) ; ease unable to assuage their grief
• 2. pacify, quiet vainly strove…to assuage an implacable foe — Edward Gibbon
• 3. to put an end to by satisfying ; appease, quench assuaging his thirst
• Synonyms: see relieve
• • assuagement noun

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