Read full poem →Let Recollection take a tender part,
Assuage the raging tortures of your heart,
Still the wild tempest of tumultuous grief,
Dictionary Entry
assuage
Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/əˈsweɪdʒ/Word FrequencyUncommon (3.94)Curriculum FrequencyLess common (1)Used In Literature ↓To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
In a Sentence
“She took an aspirin to assuage the throbbing headache.”
Published Usage Examples
“The move would be to "assuage" DT holders who are "disenchanted" with the performance of the German telco's stock, the Journal says.”
“To assuage those concerns, we have looked hard to see if we have missed the real story.”
This entry also appears in ReadingWillow Year 11 word lists, so students can move between the dictionary and year-level study sets.
Origin
From Latin *assuavēre* ‘to make sweet, soften’, via Old French *assouager*.
Common Phrases
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Antonyms
Poetry examples for “assuage”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
