asswage
[ uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh ]
/ əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ /
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verb
an obsolete variant of assuage.
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Origin of asswage
First recorded in 1530–40
Words nearby asswage
assure, assured, assuredly, assured tenancy, assurgent, asswage, asswaged, Assyr., Assyria, Assyrian, Assyriology
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How to use asswage in a sentence
The portrait is of a hag of such appalling ill-favour as would certainly "asswage a manne's courage."
Highways and Byways in Surrey|Eric ParkerPerhaps before rain they are most hungry, and therefore, to asswage their hunger, do more diligently seek after their food.