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assuages

assuages is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 assuages

What is assuages the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Assuages is the third-person singular simple present indicative of assuage.

Words near assuages in the dictionary

  1. assuaged
  2. assuagement
  3. assuagements
  4. assuager
  5. assuagers
  6. assuages
  7. assuagest
  8. assuageth
  9. assuaging
  10. assuagingly
  11. assuagings

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