Daily Word: ASSUAGE

as·suage

  [uh-sweyj, uh-sweyzh]

~ verb (used with object), as·suaged, as·suag·ing.

DEFINITION: 1)To make milder or less severe; relieve; ease; mitigate. 2)To appease; satisfy; allay; relieve. 3)To soothe, calm, or mollify.

SENTENCE: The mother placed a nightlight in the room to assuage the fears of the toddlers.