assuage
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- v cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
- v satisfy (thirst)
- v provide physical relief, as from pain
- The decision of the government to deal firmly with the rioters assuaged the feelings of the ordinary people.
- In a letter to his cousin Lora, Bierce didn't attempt to assuage his family's fear about such a trek, writing: "Good-bye if you hear of my being stood up against a Mexican .
- In 1913, a New York pastor tried to assuage couples' fears by offering to marry them for free on Friday the 13th.