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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
assuage .
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Examples
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2 With an old lady, whose anger one word assuages;
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Volume 2 George Gilfillan 1845
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2 With an old lady, whose anger one word assuages;
Specimens with Memoirs of the Less-known British Poets, Complete George Gilfillan 1845
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Circumcision is both the vehicle and the product, the menace and the antidote, which simultaneously assuages and perpetuates these ancient terrors.
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power Miriam Pollack 2011
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It probably assuages some people suffering from extreme paranoia but we must not lose sight of the fact that prevention is always a far better and more effective course of action than control.
Global Voices in English » Southeast Asia: Reactions to the H1N1 virus 2009
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Superman assuages his depression with a drinking binge, but is overcome by guilt and undergoes a nervous breakdown.
'Terrifying Numbers for Democrats' James Taranto 2010
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Circumcision is both the vehicle and the product, the menace and the antidote, which simultaneously assuages and perpetuates these ancient terrors.
Miriam Pollack: Circumcision: Identity, Gender And Power Miriam Pollack 2011
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And yet... we hang on for dear life, convinced that the next career move with a fat pay raise, the next acquisition of something will be the one that assuages all of our desires.
Mina Samuels: Just Quit and Just Do it Mina Samuels 2011
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Lending to nonfinancial corporations, however, increased from a year earlier and expert opinion suggests this assuages concerns that tight credit is hemming in investment.
Euro-Zone Lending Growth Slows Todd Buell 2011
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And yet... we hang on for dear life, convinced that the next career move with a fat pay raise, the next acquisition of something will be the one that assuages all of our desires.
Mina Samuels: Just Quit and Just Do it Mina Samuels 2011
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Helena assuages her sorrow by going to see a psychic named Cristal (Pauline Collins).
Jackie K. Cooper: You Will Be Disappointed In Woody Allen's Latest Effort Jackie K. Cooper 2010
bilby commented on the word assuages
Sausages made of WHAT?!
September 10, 2021