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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Soothe \Soothe\ (s[=oo][th]), verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Soothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soothing}.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so[eth]ien to verify, AS. ges[=o][eth]ian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See {Sooth}, adjective]
1. To assent to as true. [Obs.] --Testament of Love.
2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. --Shak.
I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. --Addison.
3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. --Congreve.
Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. --Byron.
Syn: To soften; assuage; allay; compose; mollify; tranquilize; pacify; mitigate.
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