"aslake" meaning in English

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        "5": "to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve"
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian (“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”), equivalent to a- + slake.",
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      "form": "aslakes",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "aslaking",
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        "participle",
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        "To abate; diminish."
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        "(transitive, intransitive, rare or archaic) To abate; diminish."
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        {
          "text": "The beast that prowls about in search of blood, / Or reptile that within the treacherous brake / Waits for the prey, upcoiled, its hunger to aslake. ― Southey, Paraguay."
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        "To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy."
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        "(transitive, intransitive, rare or obsolete) To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy."
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      "form": "aslakes",
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