Vocabulary Word
Word: assuage
Definition: mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
Definition: mak less severe; ease or lessen (pain); satisfy (hunger); soothe (anger)
Sentences Containing 'assuage'
But history must not yet tell the tragedies enacted here; let time intervene in some measure to assuage and lend an azure tint to them.
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