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assuaged

assuaged is the simple past and past participle of assuage.

Meaning of assuage

Verb

assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged)

  1. (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).
    • Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
  2. (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

Questions about assuaged

What is assuaged the simple past and past participle of?
Assuaged is the simple past and past participle of assuage.

Words near assuaged in the dictionary

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  8. assuagements
  9. assuager
  10. assuagers
  11. assuages

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