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51allay — v. a. 1. Repress, restrain, check, subdue, lay, silence, appease, pacify, compose, calm, quiet, still, lull, hush, tranquillize, smooth. 2. Assuage, alleviate, soothe, soften, mitigate, solace, moderate, mollify, temper, attemper, lessen, lighten …
52appease — v. a. 1. Pacify, calm, quiet, soothe, tranquillize, allay, assuage, mollify, alleviate, mitigate, abate, ease, compose, still, hush, lull, dull, quell, blunt, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify. 2. Propitiate, reconcile, satisfy, placate, make… …
53assuage — v. a. Mitigate, moderate, appease, soothe, soften, mollify, pacify, compose, tranquillize, quiet, still, quell, allay, abate, temper, attemper, lessen, qualify, relieve, ease, dull, blunt, lull. See alleviate …
54becalm — v. a. 1. Quiet, soothe, still, calm, tranquillize, pacify, appease, make calm, make tranquil. 2. Detain by a calm (as a ship), affect, overtake, or surround by a calm …
55compose — v. a. 1. Constitute, form, make, compound, put together, make up. 2. Indite, write, frame, invent, contrive, imagine, create, draw up, put or set down in writing, express by writing. 3. Adjust, settle, regulate. 4. Tranquillize, assuage, soothe,… …
56mollify — v. a. 1. Soften, make soft. 2. Appease, pacify, compose, soothe, tranquillize, calm, quiet. 3. Assuage, mitigate, moderate, ease, allay, abate, temper, attemper, relieve, lessen, dull, blunt. 4. Qualify, tone down, moderate …
57quell — v. a. 1. Subdue, suppress, crush, overcome, put down, overpower. 2. Repress, restrain, check, smother, stifle, extinguish, quench, curb, bridle, lay, rein in. 3. Quiet, calm, still, compose, lull, hush, tranquillize, pacify, allay, reduce to… …
58set at ease — Quiet, tranquillize …
59soothe — v. a. 1. Cajole, humor, flatter. 2. Assuage, calm, quiet, appease, tranquillize, compose, pacify, sober, still, lull, mollify, soften, balm. 3. Moderate, alleviate, palliate, lessen, allay, repress, check, temper, soften, deaden, qualify, relieve …
60abate — I. v. a. 1. Lessen, diminish, decrease, reduce, lower, relax, slacken. 2. Remit, allow, bate, rebate, deduct. 3. Moderate, assuage, mitigate, soothe, soften, qualify, alleviate, mollify, allay, appease, pacify, compose, tranquillize, temper,… …
