Part 715

<h1>Assuage</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*suage"</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Assuaged</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Assuaging</er> <tt>(#)</tt>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>asuagen</ets>, <ets>aswagen</ets>, OF. <ets>asoagier</ets>, <ets>asuagier</ets>, fr. <ets>assouagier</ets>, fr. L. <ets>ad + suavis</ets> sweet. See <er>Sweet</er>.]</ety> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Refreshing winds the summer's heat <b>assuage</b>. <i>Addison.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>To <b>assuage</b> the sorrows of a desolate old man <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>The fount at which the panting mind <b>assuages</b> Her thirst of knowledge. <i>Byron.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See <er>Alleviate</er>.</syn>

<h1>Assuage</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*suage"</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To abate or subside.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark> "The waters <i>assuaged</i>."

<i>Gen. vii. 1.</i>

<blockquote>The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to <b>assuage</b>. <i>De Foe.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assuagement</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*suage"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>assouagement</ets>, <ets>asuagement</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mitigation; abatement.</def>

<h1>Assuager</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sua"ger</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, assuages.</def>

<h1>Assuasive</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sua"sive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <ets>assuage</ets>, as if this were fr. a supposed L. <ets>assuadere</ets> to persuade to; or from E. pref. <ets>ad + -suasive</ets> as in per<ets>suasive</ets>.]</ety> <def>Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Music her soft <b>assuasive</b> voice applies. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assubjugate</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sub"ju*gate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Pref. <ets>ad-</ets> + <ets>subjugate</ets>.]</ety> <def>To bring into subjection.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Assuefaction</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As`sue*fac"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assuefacere</ets> to accustom to; <ets>assuetus</ets> (p. p. of <ets>assuescere</ets> to accustom to) + <ets>facere</ets> to make; cf. OF. <ets>assuefaction</ets>.]</ety> <def>The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<blockquote>Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by <b>assuefaction</b> introduce a nature. <i>Jer. Taylor.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assuetude</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As"sue*tude</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>assuetudo</ets>, fr. <ets>assuetus</ets> accustomed.]</ety> <def>Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.</def>

<blockquote><b>Assuetude</b> of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt. <i>Bacon.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Assumable</h1> <Xpage=93>

<hw>As*sum"a*ble</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>That may be assumed.</def>