assuagev.

Brit.

/əˈsweɪdʒ/, U.S.

/əˈsweɪdʒ/

Forms: Middle English–1600s aswage, Middle English asuage, Middle English–1700s asswage, Middle English– assuage. apheticMiddle English–1600s swage: see swage v.¹

Etymology: < Old French a(s)souage-r, -agier, Provençal a(s)suaviar, < Latin type *assuāviāre, < ad to + suāvis sweet, agreeable. Compare abridge, aggrege, allege (Latin abbreviāre, aggraviāre, alleviāre).

I. transitive.

1. To soften, mitigate, calm, appease, allay (angry or excited feelings).

ΚΠ

1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 300 His wrath forto asuage.

c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 883 But yf he bite hir in his rage, Let labouryng his melancoly swage.

a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 35/2 The displeasure of those that bare him grudge..was well asswaged.

1642 D. Rogers Naaman 32 God hath asswaged his pride, and tamed him.

1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xiv. 36 They omitted nothing in their power to assuage his resentment.

1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 500 That secular spirit which, in every country, has assuaged religious animosities.

2. To pacify, appease, calm (the excited person).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)]

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peace1864

disfever1880

patise1891

de-tension1961

mellow1974

c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 3 When heuy herttes ben hurt wyth heþyng..Suffraunce may aswagen hem.

1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. O But Artegall him fairely gan asswage .

1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Propitiare..to asswage God with sacrifice.

1706 J. Addison Rosamond ii. vi Kindling pity, kindling rage At once provoke me, and asswage.

1772 W. Jones Poems 160 So may thy pray'rs assuage the scornful dame.

1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 295 I shall..assuage and mollify myself a little after that uncongenial life of the consulate.

†3. To relax, modify, moderate (a harsh law, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > specifically a punishment or law

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c1300 Beket 1454 That the King wolde..aswagi the lithere lawes.

1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 287/1 I pray the..that thou asuage uppon hym the sentence of dampnacion.

4. To mitigate, alleviate, soothe, relieve (physical or mental pain); to lessen the violence of (disease).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate

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1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 267 That shulde assuage The leper.

c1400 Rom. Rose 2815 Thus Swete-Thenkyng shalle aswage The peyne of lovers.

1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 206 Then were there ministred other plaisters to asswage such peines.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Xx1^v They neede medicine..to asswage the disease.

1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 29 The rest with duteous love his griefs asswage.

1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xix. 481 Perhaps no man has assuaged so much human misery as John Howard.

5. To appease, satisfy (appetites, desires).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite

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c1430 J. Lydgate Venus-Mass in Lay Folks Mass-bk. 394 Water or wyne..asswage the grete dryhnesse of ther gredy thruste.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 95 The good old God his Hunger did asswage With Roots and Herbs.

1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Feb. 147 His thirst assuage With tea that's made of balm, or sage.

1856 H. B. Stowe Dred II. xxvii. 278 So the fearful craving of his soul for justice was assuaged.

6. gen. To abate, lessen, diminish (esp. anything swollen). archaic or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)]

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anitherOE

wanzelOE

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to drive down1840

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to knock down1867

to damp down1869

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to roll back1942

to cut back1943

downscale1945

downrate1958

slim1963

downshift1972

c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 64 His olde gyltis bothe to asoft and swage.

a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxvi. f. clviii Short of body, and therwith fatte, the whiche to aswage he toke y^e lesse of metis.

c1525 J. Skelton Elynour Rummyng 10 For her visage It would aswage A mannes courage.

1667 S. Pepys Diary 20–21 Dec. (1974) VIII. 585 My poor wife..is in mighty pain and her face miserably swelled..My wife..is a little better and her cheek asswaged.

1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 284 The Dove..brought the first tidings that the waters of the deep were asswaged.

II. intransitive.

†7. Of passion, pain, appetite, etc. (from senses 1, 2, 4, 5): To become less violent, to abate. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)]

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1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 78 Of his crueltes he gynnes forto assuage.

c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 838 His sorwe gan aswage.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xviii. xvi The great payne of love May not aswage tyl death it remove.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 72 Their lust aswageth till another time.

1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 258 The Plague being come to a Crisis, its Fury began to asswage.

8. gen. To grow less, diminish, decrease, fall off, die away; to abate, subside. archaic or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]

littleOE

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to run off1816

to go down1823

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ease1876

downscale1945

c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 79 Take hede..How fast ȝoure ȝouþe dooþ asswage.

1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxviii. 42 Kyng Phylippes enterprise of y^e sayd Croysey beganne to asswage and waxe cold.

1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 1 And the waters asswaged .

1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 The Fire in Lime burnt, Asswages not, but lies hid.

1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. v. 19 As the deluge assuaged.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assuage
释义	† assuagen. Etymology: < assuage v. Obsolete. rare. = assuagement n. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > mitigation or alleviation allegeancec1325 swaging1340 legeancec1390 mitigationa1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleging?a1425 alleviation?a1425 lighteningc1425 queeming1440 allevation1502 soberinga1510 extenuation1542 assuagement1561 releasement1569 assuaging1580 assuage1596 mitification1607 allayment1609 palliation1813 soothing1847 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [noun] > consolation or relief lightingOE leathc1175 comfort?c1225 solacec1290 solacec1290 lithec1300 comfortingc1320 allegeancec1325 swaging1340 froa1350 releasec1350 consolationc1374 legeancec1390 reliefa1393 comfortationa1400 leathinga1400 swagea1400 allegementa1425 alleviation?a1425 recreation?a1425 refrigery?a1425 lighteningc1425 recomfortc1425 mitigation?1435 recomforting1487 recreancea1500 allevation1502 easement1533 solacy1534 ease1542 cheer1549 assuagement1561 refreshing1561 easing1580 recomfortation1585 recomforture1595 assuage1596 allevement1599 mitification1607 allayment1609 solagement1609 levation1656 solacement1721 solation1757 soulagement1777 consolement1797 de-tension1949 de-tensioning1952 tea and sympathy1953 1596 C. Fitzgeffry Sir Francis Drake sig. B2 His griefe, impatient of asswage. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2021). assuagev. Brit. /əˈsweɪdʒ/, U.S. /əˈsweɪdʒ/ Forms: Middle English–1600s aswage, Middle English asuage, Middle English–1700s asswage, Middle English– assuage. apheticMiddle English–1600s swage: see swage v.¹ Etymology: < Old French a(s)souage-r, -agier, Provençal a(s)suaviar, < Latin type assuāviāre, < ad to + suāvis* sweet, agreeable. Compare abridge, aggrege, allege (Latin abbreviāre, aggraviāre, alleviāre). I. transitive. 1. To soften, mitigate, calm, appease, allay (angry or excited feelings). ΚΠ 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 300 His wrath forto asuage. c1420 Pallad. on Husb. iv. 883 But yf he bite hir in his rage, Let labouryng his melancoly swage. a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 35/2 The displeasure of those that bare him grudge..was well asswaged. 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 32 God hath asswaged his pride, and tamed him. 1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II II. xiv. 36 They omitted nothing in their power to assuage his resentment. 1857 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. I. viii. 500 That secular spirit which, in every country, has assuaged religious animosities. 2. To pacify, appease, calm (the excited person). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > calmness > compose or make calm [verb (transitive)] softa1225 stilla1325 coolc1330 accoya1375 appeasec1374 attemperc1386 lullc1386 quieta1398 peasea1400 amesec1400 assuagec1400 mesec1400 soberc1430 modify?a1439 establish1477 establish1477 pacify1484 pacify1515 unbrace?1526 settle1530 steady1530 allay1550 calm1559 compromitc1574 restore1582 recollect1587 serenize1598 smooth1604 compose1607 recompose1611 becalm1613 besoothe1614 unprovokea1616 halcyon1616 unstrain1616 leniate1622 tranquillize1623 unperplexa1631 belull1631 sedate1646 unmaze1647 assopiatea1649 serenate1654 serene1654 tranquillify1683 soothe1697 unalarm1722 reserene1755 quietize1791 peacify1845 quieten1853 conjure1856 peace1864 disfever1880 patise1891 de-tension1961 mellow1974 c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 3 When heuy herttes ben hurt wyth heþyng..Suffraunce may aswagen hem. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. O But Artegall him fairely gan asswage . View more context for this quotation 1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Propitiare..to asswage God with sacrifice. 1706 J. Addison Rosamond ii. vi Kindling pity, kindling rage At once provoke me, and asswage. 1772 W. Jones Poems 160 So may thy pray'rs assuage the scornful dame. 1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 295 I shall..assuage and mollify myself a little after that uncongenial life of the consulate. †3. To relax, modify, moderate (a harsh law, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > specifically a punishment or law assuagec1300 mitigatea1533 c1300 Beket 1454 That the King wolde..aswagi the lithere lawes. 1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 287/1 I pray the..that thou asuage uppon hym the sentence of dampnacion. 4. To mitigate, alleviate, soothe, relieve (physical or mental pain); to lessen the violence of (disease). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate lithec897 lighteOE lissea1000 stillc1000 alightOE alithe?a1200 softc1225 swagec1330 abate?c1335 easea1374 accoya1375 allegea1375 stintc1374 slakea1387 assuage1393 planea1400 slecka1400 plasterc1400 soften?c1415 lighten?a1425 mitigate?a1425 relievec1425 asoftc1430 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 sletcha1500 alleve1544 allevate1570 salve?1577 sweetena1586 smooth1589 disembitter1622 deleniate1623 slaken1629 tranquillitate1657 soothe1711 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis I. 267 That shulde assuage The leper. c1400 Rom. Rose 2815 Thus Swete-Thenkyng shalle aswage The peyne of lovers. 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iii. f. 206 Then were there ministred other plaisters to asswage such peines. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Xx1^v They neede medicine..to asswage the disease. View more context for this quotation 1725 W. Broome in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. ii. 29 The rest with duteous love his griefs asswage. 1868 H. H. Milman Ann. St. Paul's Cathedral xix. 481 Perhaps no man has assuaged so much human misery as John Howard. 5. To appease, satisfy (appetites, desires). ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite stanchc1315 queema1325 slakec1325 fill1340 servea1393 feedc1400 exploita1425 assuagec1430 astaunchc1430 slocken?1507 eslakec1530 sate1534 saturate1538 appease1549 glut1549 answer1594 exsatiate1599 embaitc1620 palliate1631 recreate1643 still1657 jackal1803 c1430 J. Lydgate Venus-Mass in Lay Folks Mass-bk. 394 Water or wyne..asswage the grete dryhnesse of ther gredy thruste. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics ii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 95 The good old God his Hunger did asswage With Roots and Herbs. View more context for this quotation 1810 W. Combe Schoolmaster's Tour in Poet. Mag. Feb. 147 His thirst assuage With tea that's made of balm, or sage. 1856 H. B. Stowe Dred II. xxvii. 278 So the fearful craving of his soul for justice was assuaged. 6. gen. To abate, lessen, diminish (esp. anything swollen). archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] littleeOE anitherOE wanzelOE lessc1225 slakea1300 littenc1300 aslakec1314 adminisha1325 allayc1330 settle1338 low1340 minisha1382 reprovea1382 abatea1398 rebatea1398 subtlea1398 alaskia1400 forlyten?a1400 imminish14.. lessenc1410 diminish1417 repress?a1425 assuagec1430 scarcec1440 small1440 underslakec1440 alessa1450 debate?c1450 batec1460 decreasec1470 appetisse1474 alow1494 mince1499 perswage?1504 remita1513 inless?1521 attenuate1530 weaken1530 defray1532 mitigate1532 minorate1534 narrow?1548 diminuec1550 extenuate1555 amain1578 exolve1578 base1581 dejecta1586 amoinder1588 faint1598 qualify1604 contract1605 to pull down1607 shrivel1609 to take down1610 disaugment1611 impoverish1611 shrink1628 decoct1629 persway1631 unflame1635 straiten1645 depress1647 reduce1649 detract1654 minuate1657 alloy1661 lower?1662 sinka1684 retreat1690 nip1785 to drive down1840 minify1866 to knock down1867 to damp down1869 scale1887 mute1891 clip1938 to roll back1942 to cut back1943 downscale1945 downrate1958 slim1963 downshift1972 c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems 64 His olde gyltis bothe to asoft and swage. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. ccxxxvi. f. clviii Short of body, and therwith fatte, the whiche to aswage he toke y^e lesse of metis. c1525 J. Skelton Elynour Rummyng 10 For her visage It would aswage A mannes courage. 1667 S. Pepys Diary 20–21 Dec. (1974) VIII. 585 My poor wife..is in mighty pain and her face miserably swelled..My wife..is a little better and her cheek asswaged. 1774 J. Bryant New Syst. II. 284 The Dove..brought the first tidings that the waters of the deep were asswaged. II. intransitive. †7. Of passion, pain, appetite, etc. (from senses 1, 2, 4, 5): To become less violent, to abate. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > become less violent or severe [verb (intransitive)] allayc1275 softc1300 assuage1330 swagec1330 slakea1352 stanchc1420 overslakec1425 appeasec1440 to swage ofc1440 to sit downa1555 soften1565 slack1580 mitigate1633 moderate1737 gentle1912 1330 R. Mannyng Chron. 78 Of his crueltes he gynnes forto assuage. c1386 G. Chaucer Merchant's Tale 838 His sorwe gan aswage. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure xviii. xvi The great payne of love May not aswage tyl death it remove. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 72 Their lust aswageth till another time. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 258 The Plague being come to a Crisis, its Fury began to asswage. 8. gen. To grow less, diminish, decrease, fall off, die away; to abate, subside. archaic or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 79 Take hede..How fast ȝoure ȝouþe dooþ asswage. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. xxviii. 42 Kyng Phylippes enterprise of y^e sayd Croysey beganne to asswage and waxe cold. 1611 Bible (King James) Gen. viii. 1 And the waters asswaged . View more context for this quotation 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 5 The Fire in Lime burnt, Asswages not, but lies hid. 1855 J. L. Motley Rise Dutch Republic Hist. Introd. v. 19 As the deluge assuaged. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1596v.c1300
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† assuagen.

assuagev.