Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.