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What (who) is Assuage - definition
assuage
v. a.
Mitigate, moderate, appease, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, compose, tranquillize, quiet, still, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt, lull. See alleviate.
Assuage
·vi To abate or subside.
II. Assuage ·vt 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.
assuage
[?'swe?d?]
¦ verb
1. make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense.
2. satisfy (an appetite or desire).
Derivatives
assuagement noun
Origin
ME: from OFr. assouagier, based on L. ad- 'to' + suavis 'sweet'.
Examples of use of Assuage
1. But the pullback did nothing to assuage online critics.
2. None of that is likely to assuage the protests, however.
3. But the concession failed to assuage some opposition parties.
4. The US has stepped up efforts to assuage such concerns.
5. Tuesday‘s announcement did not appear to assuage Zyuganov‘s concerns.