transcription, транскрипция: [ ə-ˈswāj also ]
-ˈswāzh or -ˈswäzh transitive verb
( as·suaged ; as·suag·ing )
Etymology: Middle English aswagen, from Anglo-French asuager, from Vulgar Latin * assuaviare, from Latin ad- + suavis sweet — more at sweet
Date: 14th century
1. : to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease
unable to assuage their grief
2. : pacify , quiet
vainly strove…to assuage an implacable foe — Edward Gibbon
3. : to put an end to by satisfying : appease , quench
assuaging his thirst
Synonyms: see relieve
• as·suage·ment -mənt noun