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aslake, v. Obs. or arch.|əˈsleɪk|
[OE. aslacian, asleacian, f. a- prefix 1 + slacian, sleacian: see slake v.]
†1. intr. To become slack; to become feeble, grow less; to diminish, abate. Obs.
c1000ælfric Hom. I. 610 Gif we asleaciað fram gódum weorcum. c1386Chaucer Miller's T. 367 The water schal aslake and gon away. c1430Lydg. Min. Poems (1840) 231 Whan ȝe be heyest ȝe mowe aslake. c1430Syr Generides 6770 The winde beganne som dele a-slake. c1430Hymns to Virg. (1867) 80 Whanne oure bewte schal aslake. 1587Turberv. Trag. T. 34 My woes which never would aslake.
2. To become less hot, to grow cool. arch. rare.
1810Southey Kehama xi. 11 Wks. VIII. 93 Last they cast it [the steel] to aslake, In the penal icy lake.
†3. trans. To slacken. Obs. rare.
1340Ayenb. 253 Ne aslaky naȝt to moche þane bridel.
4. To mitigate, alleviate, assuage; to lessen, abate, diminish. arch.
c1314Guy Warw. 213 Til that mi sorwe aslaked be. 1493Petronylla 154 That he of mercy oure sekenesse list aslake. 1599Sandys Europ. Spec. (1632) 195 These flames of controversies might bee extinguished or aslaked. 1652Sparke Prim. Devot. Ch. Milit., Aslake your grief. 1825Southey Paraguay i. 14 Waits for the prey..its hunger to aslake.
†b. To appease (a person). Obs. rare.
1596Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 36 When mourning altars..The black infernall furies doen aslake. |