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assuagest

assuagest is the second-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.

Origin of assuagest

assuage + -est

Questions about assuagest

What is assuagest the second-person singular simple present indicative of?
Assuagest is the second-person singular simple present indicative of assuage.

Words near assuagest in the dictionary

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

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