Willie, I ween thou be assot.
Spenser.
As*suage" (&?;), 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.
Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.
Addison.
To assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
Burke.
The fount at which the panting mind assuages
Her thirst of knowledge.
Byron.
Syn. -- To alleviate; mitigate; appease; soothe; calm; tranquilize; relieve. See Alleviate.
As*suage", v. i. To abate or subside. [Archaic] "The waters assuaged." Gen. vii. 1.
The plague being come to a crisis, its fury began to assuage.
De Foe.
As*suage"ment (&?;), n. [OF. assouagement, asuagement.] Mitigation; abatement.
As*sua"ger (&?;), n. One who, or that which, assuages.
As*sua"sive (&?;), a. [From assuage, as if this were fr. a supposed L. assuadere to persuade to; or from E. pref. ad + -suasive as in persuasive.] Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.]
Music her soft assuasive voice applies.
Pope.
As*sub"ju*gate (&?;), v. t. [Pref. ad- + subjugate.] To bring into subjection. [Obs.] Shak.
As`sue*fac"tion (&?;), n. [L. assuefacere to accustom to; assuetus (p. p. of assuescere to accustom to) + facere to make; cf. OF. assuefaction.] The act of accustoming, or the state of being accustomed; habituation. [Obs.]
Custom and studies efform the soul like wax, and by assuefaction introduce a nature.
Jer. Taylor.
As"sue*tude (&?;), n. [L. assuetudo, fr. assuetus accustomed.] Accustomedness; habit; habitual use.
Assuetude of things hurtful doth make them lose their force to hurt.
Bacon.
As*sum"a*ble (&?;), a. That may be assumed.
As*sum"a*bly, adv. By way of assumption.
As*sume" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Assumed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Assuming.] [L. assumere; ad + sumere to take; sub + emere to take, buy: cf. F. assumer. See Redeem.] 1. To take to or upon one's self; to take formally and demonstratively; sometimes, to appropriate or take unjustly.
Trembling they stand while Jove assumes the throne.
Pope.
The god assumed his native form again.
Pope.
2. To take for granted, or without proof; to suppose as a fact; to suppose or take arbitrarily or tentatively.
The consequences of assumed principles.
Whewell.