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单词 aslake
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aslakev.

/əˈsleɪk/
Etymology: Old English aslacian , asleacian , < a- prefix1 + slacian, sleacian: see slake v.1
Obsolete or archaic.
1. intransitive. To become slack; to become feeble, grow less; to diminish, abate. 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
c1000 Ælfric Homilies I. 610 Gif we asleaciað fram gódum weorcum.
c1405 (c1390) G. Chaucer Miller's Tale (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 367 The water shal aslake and goon away.
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 231 Whan ȝe be heyest ȝe mowe aslake.
c1430 Syr Generides 6770 The winde beganne som dele a-slake.
c1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 80 Whanne oure bewte schal aslake.
1587 G. Turberville Tragicall Tales f. 18v My woes which neuer would aslake.
2. To become less hot, to grow cool. archaic. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > be cold [verb (intransitive)] > become cold > cool
coolOE
relent1589
aslake1810
defervesce1859
1810 R. Southey Curse of Kehama xi. 119 Last they cast it [sc. the steel], to aslake, In the penal icy lake.
3. transitive. To slacken. Obsolete. rare.
ΚΠ
1340 Ayenbite (1866) 253 Ne aslaky naȝt to moche þane bridel.
4.
a. To mitigate, alleviate, assuage; to lessen, abate, diminish. archaic.
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
c1314 Guy Warw. 213 Til that mi sorwe aslaked be.
1493 Petronylla (Pynson) 154 That he of mercy oure sekenesse list aslake.
1605 E. Sandys Relation State of Relig. sig. M2v By giving vent to the boyling fumes of hatred..evaporate and aslake that heat which otherwise would flame out into fire.
1652 E. Sparke Scintillula Altaris Ch. Milit. Aslake your grief.
1825 R. Southey Tale of Paraguay i. 14 Waits for the prey..its hunger to aslake.
b. To appease (a person). Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate
soft?c1225
queema1325
appeasec1374
pleasea1382
softena1382
mollifya1450
pacifya1500
apeace1523
temper1525
mitigatea1535
qualify?c1550
thaw1582
propitiate1583
aslake1590
smooth1608
to lay down1629
addulce1655
sweeten1657
acquiesce1659
gentle1663
palliate1678
placate1678
conciliate1782
to pour oil on the waters (also on troubled waters)1847
square1859
square1945
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene i. iii. sig. C6v When mourning altars..The black infernall Furies doen aslake.
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