asswage

American  

[uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh] / əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ /

verb

1. an obsolete variant of assuage.

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Etymology

Origin of asswage

First recorded in 1530–40

Example Sentences

To the End that by fit Applications he may asswage those Pains which he is oblig'd to cause his Patients to endure.

From The Compleat Surgeon or, the whole Art of Surgery explain'd in a most familiar Method. by Le Clerc, Charles Gabriel

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 Defoe, Daniel

Thoughts my Tormenters arm'd with deadly stings Mangle my apprehensive tenderest parts, Exasperate, exulcerate, and raise Dire inflammation which no cooling herb Or medcinal liquor can asswage, Nor breath of Vernal Air from snowy Alp.

From The Poetical Works of John Milton by Milton, John

I wish that this swell'd Belly may asswage happily.

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius

For whyle they ar yonge fereful and tender of age Theyre vyce and foly is easy to asswage.

From The Ship of Fools, Volume 1 by Barclay, Alexander