verb
- past tense of assuage; to calm, pacify, or reduce the intensity of (pain, anger, thirst, etc.)
Usage: archaic or literary form; modern usage typically employs 'assuaged'
Examples
- The cool water asswaged her burning thirst.
- His kind words asswaged her grief.
- The medicine asswaged the patient's pain.
- Time asswaged his anger toward his former friend.
- She asswaged the child's fears with gentle reassurance.