See assuage in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1705, J[oseph] Addison, Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, &c. in the Years 1701, 1702, 1703, London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.",
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"ref": "1796, Edmund Burke, A Letter from the Right Honourable Edmund Burke to a Noble Lord, on the Attacks Made upon Him and His Pension, […], London: […] J. Owen, […], and F[rancis] and C[harles] Rivington, […], →OCLC:",
"text": "to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man",
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"ref": "1816, Lord Byron, “Canto III”, in Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage. Canto the Third, London: Printed for John Murray, […], →OCLC, stanza CX:",
"text": "the fount at which the panting mind assuages\n her thirst of knowledge",
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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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"To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.)."
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"(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.)."
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"word": "csillapít"
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"word": "satisfacer"
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"word": "yatıştırmak"
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"word": "пом'якшувати"
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
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"word": "уталожвам"
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"roman": "shǐ píngjìng",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "使平靜 /使平静"
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"roman": "ānwèi",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "安慰"
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"_dis1": "7 43 50",
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fǔwèi",
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"word": "撫慰 /抚慰"
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"word": "besänftigen"
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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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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oblekčavam",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "облекчавам"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "assuavir"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "緩解 /缓解"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "充飢 /充饥"
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"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "jiěkě",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "解渴"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "troosten"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "lievittää"
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"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"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "lindern"
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"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "mildern"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "abschwächen"
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"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "mitigar"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "calmar"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "abaucar"
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"roman": "kırmak",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "قیرمق"
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "mitigar"
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"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "smjaxčátʹ",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "смягча́ть"
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"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "mease"
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"english": "hunger, thirst",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "suage"
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"code": "es",
"english": "feelings",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "calmar"
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{
"code": "es",
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"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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"code": "es",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
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{
"code": "es",
"english": "desire",
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"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "satisfacer"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "lindra"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "yatıştırmak"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "dindirmek"
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{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pomʺjakšuvaty",
"sense": "mitigate, relieve",
"word": "пом'якшувати"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "uspokojavam",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "успокоявам"
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{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "utaložvam",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "уталожвам"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "shǐ píngjìng",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "使平靜 /使平静"
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "ānwèi",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "安慰"
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{
"code": "cmn",
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"roman": "fǔwèi",
"sense": "pacify",
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "píngdìng",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "平定"
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"roman": "ānfǔ",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "安撫 /安抚"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "rauhoittaa"
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{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "rauhoitella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "apaiser"
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{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "calmer"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "besänftigen"
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{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "beschwichtigen"
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{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "Leshakech",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "לשכך"
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"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "sēdō"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "apasimar"
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{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "calmar"
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{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "acalmar"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "uspokáivatʹ",
"sense": "pacify",
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"word": "успока́ивать"
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"code": "ru",
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"roman": "uspokóitʹ",
"sense": "pacify",
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"word": "успоко́ить"
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"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "mease"
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{
"code": "sco",
"lang": "Scots",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "cowshin"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "apaciguar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "sosegar"
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"sense": "pacify",
"word": "calmar"
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{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "lugna"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "sakinleştirmek"
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{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "yatıştırmak"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zaspokojuvaty",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "заспокоювати"
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"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "vhamovuvaty",
"sense": "pacify",
"word": "вгамовувати"
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