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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/, /əˈswɑʒ/ [US, regional] Audio: en-us-assuage.ogg [US] Forms: assuages [present, singular, third-person], assuaging [participle, present], assuaged [participle, past], assuaged [past]
Rhymes: -eɪdʒ, -ɑːʒ Etymology: From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“I sweeten, I butter up, I calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|aswagen}} Middle English aswagen, {{der|en|fro|asuagier||to appease, to calm}} Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), {{der|en|VL.|*assuāviō||I sweeten, I butter up, I calm}} Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“I sweeten, I butter up, I calm”), {{der|en|la|ad-}} Latin ad-, {{m|la|suāvis||sweet}} suāvis (“sweet”), {{m|la|-iō}} -iō Head templates: {{en-verb}} assuage (third-person singular simple present assuages, present participle assuaging, simple past and past participle assuaged)
  1. (transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.). Tags: transitive Translations (mitigate, relieve): облекчавам (oblekčavam) (Bulgarian), смекчавам (smekčavam) (Bulgarian), успокоявам (uspokojavam) (Bulgarian), assuavir (Catalan), alleujar (Catalan), 緩解 (Chinese Mandarin), 缓解 (huǎnjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 減輕 (Chinese Mandarin), 减轻 (jiǎnqīng) (Chinese Mandarin), 緩和 (Chinese Mandarin), 缓和 (huǎnhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 平息 (píngxī) (Chinese Mandarin), 充飢 (Chinese Mandarin), 充饥 (chōngjī) (Chinese Mandarin), 解渴 (jiěkě) (Chinese Mandarin), troosten (Dutch), verzachten (Dutch), lievittää (Finnish), assouvir (French), soulager (French), apaiser (French), lindern (German), mildern (German), abschwächen (German), csillapít (Hungarian), 和らげる (yawarageru) (alt: やわらげる) (Japanese), lēniō (Latin), mitigar (Occitan), calmar (Occitan), apasimar (Occitan), abaucar (Occitan), łagodzić [imperfective] (Polish), złagodzić [perfective] (Polish), mitigar (Portuguese), alina (Romanian), уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) (Russian), смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) (Russian), dill (Scots), mease (Scots), suage (english: hunger, thirst) (Scots), calmar (english: feelings) (Spanish), aliviar (english: pain) (Spanish), mitigar (english: passion) (Spanish), satisfacer (english: desire) (Spanish), lindra (Swedish), yatıştırmak (Turkish), dindirmek (Turkish), пом'якшувати (pomʺjakšuvaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-assuage-en-verb-JgAsGIbe Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 16 45 Disambiguation of 'mitigate, relieve': 61 14 25
  2. (transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone). Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-assuage-en-verb-iakFZ7gh Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 16 45
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-assuage-en-verb-jWmJf4Dr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 39 16 45
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: asswage [obsolete], suage, swage, tasswage [obsolete, poetic] Derived forms: assuageable, assuagement, assuager, unassuaged Translations (pacify): успокоявам (uspokojavam) (Bulgarian), уталожвам (utaložvam) (Bulgarian), 使平靜 (Chinese Mandarin), 使平静 (shǐ píngjìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 安慰 (ānwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 撫慰 (Chinese Mandarin), 抚慰 (fǔwèi) (Chinese Mandarin), 平定 (píngdìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 安撫 (Chinese Mandarin), 安抚 (ānfǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), rauhoittaa (Finnish), rauhoitella (Finnish), apaiser (French), calmer (French), besänftigen (German), beschwichtigen (German), לשכך (Leshakech) (Hebrew), sēdō (Latin), apasimar (Occitan), calmar (Occitan), acalmar (Portuguese), успока́ивать (uspokáivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), успоко́ить (uspokóitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), mease (Scots), cowshin (Scots), apaciguar (Spanish), sosegar (Spanish), calmar (Spanish), lugna (Swedish), sakinleştirmek (Turkish), yatıştırmak (Turkish), заспокоювати (zaspokojuvaty) (Ukrainian), вгамовувати (vhamovuvaty) (Ukrainian)
Disambiguation of 'pacify': 7 43 50

Verb [Middle English]

Head templates: {{head|enm|verb}} assuage
  1. Alternative form of aswagen Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: aswagen
    Sense id: en-assuage-enm-verb-YD1Y6zh5 Categories (other): Middle English entries with incorrect language header

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          "text": "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston\nI pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost."
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          "code": "la",
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          "code": "oc",
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        {
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "alina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "уменьша́ть"
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        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
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          "word": "смягча́ть"
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          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "dill"
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        {
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          "code": "sco",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "mease"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "sco",
          "english": "hunger, thirst",
          "lang": "Scots",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "suage"
        },
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          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "feelings",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "calmar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "pain",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "aliviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "passion",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "mitigar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "es",
          "english": "desire",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "satisfacer"
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        {
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          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "lindra"
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          "_dis1": "61 14 25",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "yatıştırmak"
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          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "pomʺjakšuvaty",
          "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
          "word": "пом'якшувати"
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        "To pacify or soothe (someone)."
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uspokojavam",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "успокоявам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "utaložvam",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "уталожвам"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "使平靜"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐ píngjìng",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "使平静"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānwèi",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "安慰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "撫慰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔwèi",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "抚慰"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngdìng",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "平定"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "安撫"
    },
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "安抚"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "pacify",
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      "sense": "pacify",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "beschwichtigen"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "לשכך"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "acalmar"
    },
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "tags": [
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "mease"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "cowshin"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "apaciguar"
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    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pacify",
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "calmar"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "lugna"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "sakinleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "yatıştırmak"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
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      "roman": "zaspokojuvaty",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "заспокоювати"
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      "_dis1": "7 43 50",
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vhamovuvaty",
      "sense": "pacify",
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    }
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          "text": "1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston\nI pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost."
        }
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        "(intransitive, obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate."
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      "ipa": "/əˈsweɪd͡ʒ/"
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      "ipa": "/əˈswɑʒ/",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "asswage"
    },
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      "word": "suage"
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      "word": "swage"
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      "tags": [
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        "poetic"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "oblekčavam",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "облекчавам"
    },
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "smekčavam",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "смекчавам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uspokojavam",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "успокоявам"
    },
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      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "assuavir"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "alleujar"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "緩解"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnjiě",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "缓解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "減輕"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiǎnqīng",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "减轻"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "緩和"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "huǎnhé",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "缓和"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngxī",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "平息"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "充飢"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chōngjī",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "充饥"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "jiěkě",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "解渴"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "troosten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "verzachten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "lievittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "assouvir"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "soulager"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "apaiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "lindern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "mildern"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "abschwächen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "csillapít"
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      "alt": "やわらげる",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "yawarageru",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "和らげる"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "lēniō"
    },
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      "code": "oc",
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      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "calmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "apasimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "abaucar"
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "łagodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "złagodzić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "alina"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "umenʹšátʹ",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "уменьша́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "смягча́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "dill"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "mease"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "english": "hunger, thirst",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "suage"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "feelings",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "calmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "pain",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "aliviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "passion",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "mitigar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "desire",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "satisfacer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "lindra"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "yatıştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "dindirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pomʺjakšuvaty",
      "sense": "mitigate, relieve",
      "word": "пом'якшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uspokojavam",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "успокоявам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "utaložvam",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "уталожвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "使平靜"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shǐ píngjìng",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "使平静"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānwèi",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "安慰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "撫慰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔwèi",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "抚慰"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "píngdìng",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "平定"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "安撫"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "ānfǔ",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "安抚"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "rauhoittaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "rauhoitella"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "apaiser"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "calmer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "besänftigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "beschwichtigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "Leshakech",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "לשכך"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "sēdō"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "apasimar"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "calmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "acalmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uspokáivatʹ",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "успока́ивать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "uspokóitʹ",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "успоко́ить"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "mease"
    },
    {
      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "cowshin"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "apaciguar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "sosegar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "calmar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "lugna"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "sakinleştirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "yatıştırmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zaspokojuvaty",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "заспокоювати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "vhamovuvaty",
      "sense": "pacify",
      "word": "вгамовувати"
    }
  ],
  "word": "assuage"
}

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "enm",
        "2": "verb"
      },
      "expansion": "assuage",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Middle English",
  "lang_code": "enm",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "aswagen"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Middle English entries with incorrect language header",
        "Middle English lemmas",
        "Middle English verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of aswagen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aswagen",
          "aswagen#Middle English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "assuage"
}

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