assuage
as·suage (ə-swājʹ)tr.v. as·suaged, as·suag·ing, as·suag·es 1. To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: assuage her grief. See Synonyms at relieve. 2. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example). 3. To pacify or calm: assuage their chronic insecurity. [Middle English asswagen, from Old French assuagier, from Vulgar Latin *assuāviāre: Latin ad-, ad- + Latin suāvis, sweet, delightful; See swād- in Indo-European Roots.] as·suageʹment n.
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