asswage

American  

[uh-swayj, uh-swayzh] / əˈsweɪdʒ, əˈsweɪʒ /

verb

1. an obsolete variant of assuage.

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Etymology

Origin of asswage

First recorded in 1530–40

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Example Sentences

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asswage

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 Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

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

From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Desiderius Erasmus

There the fair Flocks allay the Summer's Rage, And panting Savages their Flame asswage.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Chester E. Jorgenson

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 Alexander Barclay

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 Charles Gabriel Le Clerc

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