[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assuage \assuage"\, 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.
   1913 webster

         refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage. --addison.
   1913 webster

         to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man --burke.
   1913 webster

         the fount at which the panting mind assuages
         her thirst of knowledge.                 --byron.
   1913 webster

   syn: to alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm;
        tranquilize; relieve. see alleviate.
        1913 webster
see also:
assuaged assuaging sweet alleviate 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

assuage \assuage"\, v. i.
   to abate or subside. archaic "the waters assuaged." --gen.
   vii. 1.
   1913 webster

         the plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to
         assuage.                                 --de foe.
   1913 webster

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

assuage
     v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
          "she managed to mollify the angry customer" syn: pacify,
           lenify, conciliate, appease, mollify, placate,
           gentle, gruntle
     2: satisfy thirst; "the cold water quenched his thirst" syn:
         quench, slake, allay
     3: provide physical relief, as from pain; "this pill will
        relieve your headaches" syn: relieve, alleviate, palliate
see also:
pacify lenify conciliate appease mollify placate 
gentle gruntle quench slake allay 
relieve alleviate palliate 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

92 moby thesaurus words for "assuage":
   abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, alter, anesthetize, appease,
   attemper, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, box in, chasten,
   circumscribe, condition, constrain, control, cushion, damp, dampen,
   de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, diminish, downplay, dull,
   ease, ease matters, extenuate, feast, feed, foment, give relief,
   gratify, hedge, hedge about, keep within bounds, lay, leaven,
   lenify, lessen, lighten, limit, lull, mitigate, moderate, modify,
   modulate, mollify, narrow, numb, obtund, pad, palliate, play down,
   poultice, pour balm into, pour oil on, qualify, quench, reduce,
   reduce the temperature, regale, regulate by, relieve, restrain,
   restrict, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, season, set conditions,
   set limits, slacken, slake, slow down, smother, sober, sober down,
   soften, soothe, stifle, stupe, subdue, suppress, tame, temper,
   tone down, tune down, underplay, weaken

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