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Assuage \As*suage"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Assuaged}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Assuaging}.] [OE. asuagen, aswagen, OF. asoagier,
asuagier, fr. assouagier, fr. L. ad + suavis sweet. See
{Sweet}.]
To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease,
or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as
passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire.

Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --Addison.

To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --Burke.

The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge. --Byron.

Syn: To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
tranquilize; relieve. See {Alleviate}.

Assuage \As*suage"\, v. i.
To abate or subside. [Archaic] ``The waters assuaged.''
--Gen. vii. 1.

The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to
assuage. --De Foe.

But there has been no significant change in the boundaries of production. The new SNA will do nothing to assuage feminist economists who have strongly criticised the system, and therefore governments, for largely ignoring the role of women in societies.
By imposing clear conditions in this way, the donors should be able to assuage their understandable doubts about the ability of the Russian government to carry the programme through.
At the time, Flynt was heavily sedated with powerful drugs to assuage pain from wounds that left him paralyzed after an assassination attempt in 1978 during an obscenity trial in Georgia.
Pazner said he opposed attempts to encourage political debate to assuage the liberal conscience of VIPs.
"It seems the government is more keen to assuage the sentiments and protect the interests of the Moslem community with disregard to the sentiments of tens of millions of the overwhelming majority," said party secretary J.P. Mathur.
Her appointment is expected to assuage the concerns of conservatives who were upset with Bush's selection of Dr. Louis Sullivan as secretary of Health and Human Services.
If Japan commits substantial funds to the project, it would help assuage congressional complaints that the rich Asian nation isn't doing its share to promote world prosperity and share defense costs.
To assuage the legal eagles, Chris gamely offered his father a rebuttal to each chapter.
That not only pleased the pro-EC factions but helped assuage fears among those who argue that EFTA members are at a disadvantage in the pact.
Clarification of the U.S. stance seemed designed to assuage the PLO, which last week complained the United States is not involved in serious negotiations on setting up a Middle East peace conference.
This indicates he would raise prices to western levels, to assuage fears of low-price launches by Russia's Proton rocket.
He tried to assuage the fears of Tory Euro-sceptics by stressing the importance of 'subsidiarity' - by which decisions would be taken at the lowest appropriate level. 'Decisions do need to be taken as close to the citizen as possible.
Planners must somehow assuage chauvinists on both sides of the Atlantic.
He cites his own product managers, who routinely "assuage short-term pain" by cutting prices to make sales, only to see retail inventories mount and volume drop a few months later.
The growers' cooperative in Idaho, Oregon and Washington said Thursday the move was to assuage consumer fears, which have been inflamed by allegations about Alar's cancer-causing properties.
"It's a very courageous act on the part of the board," added Millstein, who said the appointment will also assuage creditors and suppliers who are nervous about the company's ability to pay its bills.
U.S. negotiators are willing to accept some restrictions on the number of flights involved, but it isn't clear how far they'll go to assuage British concerns.
But he noted that "the combination of high debt, negative cash flow and poor performance affecting profitability does require action" that will assuage lenders' concerns.
Paramount held the meeting in large part to assuage Wall Street anxiety over other surprises lately, including last month's hiring of Hollywood producer Stanley Jaffe as president and chief operating officer.
Yesterday's moves reflect Salomon's attempt to assuage concerns among clients about its Treasury-bond desk, which is crucial to many of its other businesses.
To assuage the unions, Mr. Gorbachev has included one of the most militant labor officials, Veniamin Yarin, on his council of presidential advisers, which plays a big role in setting the reforms.
The paragraph was formulated to assuage the French and the West Germans.
Friday's two-hour hearing seemed designed to assuage the fears of some Soviets that their leaders made too many concessions in the treaty.
Currently deputy secretary, Burnley began trying to assuage critics in an effort to avert a contentious and lengthy confirmation fight.

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