assuage

Pronunciation

• IPA: /əˈsweɪdʒ/

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• Hyphenation: as‧suage

Verb

Plain form assuage

Third-person singular assuages

Past tense assuaged

Past participle assuaged

Present participle assuaging

1. If you assuage a feeling, you make it less intense.

   We tried to assuage her anger about the damage.