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what does the word asswaged mean in the english language and can anybody translate it into spanish.?

the verse goes "and the waters asswaged".

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  • 1 decade ago
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    It means assuage. Assuage means

    "1. to make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate: to assuage one's grief; to assuage one's pain.

    2. to appease; satisfy; allay; relieve: to assuage one's hunger.

    3. to soothe, calm, or mollify: to assuage his fears; to assuage her anger."

    - Dictionary.com

    In Spanish, "Mitigar, apaciguar, calmar, suavizar, ablandar." -SpanishDict.com

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    as·suage (-swj)

    tr.v. as·suaged, as·suag·ing, as·suag·es

    1. To make (something burdensome or painful) less intense or severe: assuage her grief. See Synonyms at relieve.

    2. To satisfy or appease (hunger or thirst, for example).

    3. To pacify or calm: assuage their chronic insecurity.

    In Spanish

    assuage /ə'sweɪdʒ/ verbo transitivo (liter)

    1. (satisfy) ‹hunger/desire› saciar (liter)

    2. (ease) ‹pain/grief› aliviar

    3. (calm) ‹anxiety› calmar;

    ‹fear› disipar

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