"soothen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: soothens [present, singular, third-person], soothening [participle, present], soothened [participle, past], soothened [past]
Etymology: From sooth (“pleasing, comforting, reassuring”) + -en. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sooth|en|id2=inchoative|t1=pleasing, comforting, reassuring}} sooth (“pleasing, comforting, reassuring”) + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} soothen (third-person singular simple present soothens, present participle soothening, simple past and past participle soothened)
  1. (transitive) To make comforted; cause to feel soothed; to ease, relieve, or alleviate Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-soothen-en-verb-IngAoVkb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -en (inchoative)

Inflected forms

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