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 Defoe, Daniel
Sir 18:16 Shall not the dew asswage the heat? so is a word better than a gift.
From Deuterocanonical Books of the Bible Apocrypha by Anonymous
I wish that this swell'd Belly may asswage happily.
From Colloquies of Erasmus, Volume I. by Erasmus, Desiderius
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
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
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