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   Assuage , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assuaged; p. pr. & vb. n. Assuaging .] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier, asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See Sweet.] 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.
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   Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
   Addison.
   
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   To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
   Burke.
   
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   The fount at which the panting mind assuages
   Her thirst of knowledge.
   Byron.
   
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   Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
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   Assuage, v. i. To abate or subside. [Archaic] “The waters assuaged.”  
   Gen. vii. 1.
   
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   The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage.
   De Foe.
   
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