asswage
Americanverb
Etymology
Origin of asswage
First recorded in 1530–40
Example Sentences
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Thus Hell began; the fire of conscious rage No years can quench, no length of time asswage.
From The History of the Devil As Well Ancient as Modern: In Two Parts by Daniel Defoe
O thou God of order, and of truth, in thy good time abate the malice, asswage the rage, and confound all the mischievous devises of thine, mine, and thy Churches enemies.
From Eikon Basilike The Pourtracture of His Sacred Majestie, in His Solitudes and Sufferings by King of England Charles I
Insomuch, that at length, through his ouer great magnificence and power he procured to himselfe great enuy among the nobility, which he could not asswage during the rest of his life.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 09 Asia, Part II by Richard Hakluyt
This last I have known to asswage Thirst in a Fever, beyond any other Liquor.
From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David) Tissot
Though our ignorance Of Cassilanes engagements might asswage Severity of justice, yet to shew How no excuse should smooth a breach of Law, I yield me to the trial of it.
From The Laws of Candy Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (3 of 10) by Francis Beaumont
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