Assage vs. Assuage — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Assage and Assuage
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Assage
Ass, in the sense of buttocks, and in related idioms.
Assuage
Make (an unpleasant feeling) less intense
The letter assuaged the fears of most members
Assuage
To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe
Assuage her grief.
Assuage
To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).
Assuage
To appease or calm
Assuaged his critics.
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Assuage
(transitive) To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
Assuage
(transitive) To pacify or soothe (someone).
Assuage
To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.
Assuage
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.
Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
The fount at which the panting mind assuagesHer thirst of knowledge.
Assuage
To abate or subside.
The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage.
Assuage
Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
She managed to mollify the angry customer
Assuage
Satisfy (thirst);
The cold water quenched his thirst
Assuage
Provide physical relief, as from pain;
This pill will relieve your headaches
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