Assuage

v. t. [imp. & p. p. ASSUAGED; p. pr. & vb. n. ASSUAGING.] [O. Fr. assouager, assouagier, assouger, assouegier, Pr. assuauzir, assuavar, from Lat. ad and suavis, sweet.] To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as pain or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult. “Refreshing winds the summer’s heat assuage.” Addison. “To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man.” Burke.

The fount at which the panting mind assuages Her thirst of knowledge. Byron.

Synonyms— To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; pacify; relieve. See ALLEVIATE, MITIGATE.

(-swāj'), v. i. [O. Fr. assouagement, assouagement, asuagement.] To abate or subside. “The waters assuaged.” Gen. viii. 1.