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

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asswage

Now whilest the father went about to asswage the sonnes displeasure, the mother quéene Elianor did what she could to pricke him forward in his disobedient attempts.

From Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (5 of 12) Henrie the Second by Holinshed, Raphael

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

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

If the Arteries cause so much trouble when open'd accidentally, why are those of the Temples sometimes open'd on purpose, to asswage violent Pains in the Head?

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

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

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