assuagement

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /əˈsweɪd͡ʒmənt/    美 /əˈsweɪd͡ʒmənt/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The action of assuaging; appeasement. countable,uncountable
    — He many woordes of comfort ſpake her feare away too chace. / But nought hee could perſwade therein too make her like the cace. / This laſt aſſwagement of her greef he added in the end, / Which was the onely thing that made her loving hart too bend.
  2. The condition of being assuaged. countable,uncountable
    — So all that night they paſt in great diſeaſe, / Till that the morning, bringing earely light / To guide mens labours, brought them alſo eaſe, / And ſome aſſwagement of their painefull plight.
  3. An assuaging medicine or application. countable,uncountable
    — Far down below the Christian captives pine / In dungeon depths, and whoso dares to bring / Assuagements for their wounds, or food, or wine, / Must brave the fiercest vengeance of the king.

词形变化

assuagements plural

词源

Etymology tree
English assuage
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥
Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom
Proto-Italic *-mentom
Latin -mentum
Old French -mentbor.
Middle English -ment
English -ment
English assuagement
From assuage + -ment.
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