Word of the Day – Assuage

Assuage (verb)

as-wayj

to make milder or less severe/ to appease; satisfy; sate.

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English aswagen, from Old French asouagier, from unrecorded Vulgar Latin assuāviāre, equivalent to Latin as- as- + -suāviāre, verbal derivative of Latin suāvis “agreeable to the taste, pleasant”

Example sentences

“I won’t do another thing to assuage her anger.”