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assuage

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  1. relieve               
 
as.suage \*-'swa-j\ \-m*nt\ vt [ME aswagen, fr. OF assouagier, fr. 
   (assumed) VL assuaviare,]fr. L ad- + suavis sweet - more at SWEET 1: to 
   lessen the intensity of (pain) : EASE  2: PACIFY, QUIET  3: APPEASE, QUENCH 
    - as.sauge.ment n