Bible Dictionaries
Assuage

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. i.) To abate or subside.

(2):

(v. t.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Assuage'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/assuage.html. 1828.