assuage

🇺🇸 /əˈsweɪdʒ/ 🇬🇧 /əˈsweɪdʒ/
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verb
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to make something less intense or severe, especially a feeling or pain

Her kind words helped to assuage his fears.

translation

v. to make something less intense or severe, especially a feeling or pain

Word Forms

3rd Present assuages
Past assuaged
Perfect assuaged
Progressive assuaging