Assuaged

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
     asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
     {Sweet}.]
     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.
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           Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.
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           To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.
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           The fount at which the panting mind assuages
           Her thirst of knowledge.                 --Byron.
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     Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
          tranquilize; relieve. See {Alleviate}.
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