All 7 Uses of
assuage
in
The Ramayana
- But when of old his fury raged Seas of their blood his wrath assuaged: So doubtless now he has not planned To slay all warriors in the land.†
Book 1 *assuaged = soothed
- ha, holy sage, Spoke his deep anguish to assuage: "O Lord of men, no longer stay; The last remaining duties pay: Haste, mighty-armed, as I advise, The funeral rites to solemnize."†
Book 2assuage = soothe
- With gentle words of pity she Assuaged her wild despair, E'en as a tender hand might free A curlew from the snare.†
Book 2assuaged = soothed
- With soothing words the giant chief Assuaged the fury of her grief.†
Book 3
- Assuage thy fruitless wrath, and shun The mightier arms of Raghu's son; For Indra's peer in might is he, A foe too strong, my lord, for thee.†
Book 4assuage = soothe
- This tempest of thy soul assuage, Nor blame me in thine idle rage.†
Book 4
- Did not thy gentle care assuage Thy brother's grief and fitful rage?†
Book 6
Definition:
to soothe (make something less unpleasant or frightening)