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   Soothe , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Soothed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. soðien to verify, AS. gesōðian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See Sooth, a.]
   To assent to as true. [Obs.]
   Testament of Love.
   
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   To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
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   Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow.
   Shak.
   
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   I've tried the force of every reason on him,
   Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again.
   Addison.
   
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   To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
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   Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast,
   To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
   Congreve.
   
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   Though the sound of Fame
   May for a moment soothe, it can not slake
   The fever of vain longing.
   Byron.
   
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   Syn. -- To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.
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