Asswage

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man Burke. [ 1913 Webster ]

The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. Byron. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To abate or subside. [ Archaic ] “The waters assuaged.” Gen. vii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. assouagement, asuagement. ] Mitigation; abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To abate or subside. [ Archaic ] “The waters assuaged.” Gen. vii. 1. [ 1913 Webster ]

The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage. De Foe. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OF. assouagement, asuagement. ] Mitigation; abatement. [ 1913 Webster ]