assuaging
assuaging is the present participle and gerund of assuage.
Meaning of assuage
Verb
assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged)
- 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
- To pacify or soothe (someone).
- To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
Noun
assuaging (plural assuagings)
- The act of one who assuages.
- In our sorrow at the loss of friends, if we shun direct and proffered consolations, we love the assuagings which another's pity administers to us in the gentle tones, mild manners, kind looks, and nameless little notices […]1822, Richard Henry Dana, William Cullen Bryant, The Idle Man, volume 1, numbers 1-4, page 3
Forms of assuaging
| plural | assuagings |
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Questions about assuaging
- What does assuaging mean?
- Assuaging means the act of one who assuages.
- What is assuaging the present participle and gerund of?
- Assuaging is the present participle and gerund of assuage.
- What part of speech is assuaging?
- Assuaging is a noun.
- What is the plural of assuaging?
- The plural of assuaging is assuagings.
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