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- ASSUAGE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Assuage comes from the Latin adjective suavis, meaning—you guessed it—“sweet ” (Sweet itself is also a distant relation ) Perhaps recalling Mary Poppins (as played by Julie Andrews in the titular film) singing to the Banks children will make the link indelible: “A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down ”
- ASSUAGED Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
ASSUAGED definition: made milder or less severe; eased See examples of assuaged used in a sentence
- Assuage - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com
The most common things that we assuage are fears, concerns, guilt, grief, anxiety, and anger That makes a lot of sense — these are all things we seek relief from The word comes from Old French assouagier, from the Latin root suavis, "sweet" — think of adding a bit of honey to something unpleasant A word with a similar meaning is mollify
- assuage verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . .
Definition of assuage verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- ASSUAGE | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
Those fears need to be assuaged, and policies formulated to meet the needs of those worried about their future, he said
- ASSUAGE definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
She was just trying to assuage her guilt by playing the devoted mother [VERB noun] If you assuage a need or desire for something, you satisfy it The meat they'd managed to procure assuaged their hunger [VERB noun] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers 1 2 3 Collins English Dictionary
- Assuaged - definition of assuaged by The Free Dictionary
1 to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief 2 to appease; satisfy; allay: to assuage one's hunger 3 to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage one's fears as•suage′ment, n as•suag′er, n
- Assuage Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary
City officials needed to assuage [= lessen, relieve] neighbors' concerns about the new factory He couldn't assuage his guilt over the divorce
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