assuasive
assuasive · assuasives
Anything that soothesAnything that soothes.
Meaning
1 senses(archaic)Anything that soothes.
1817, Richard Yates, The Basis of National Welfare, London: F. C. and J. Rivington et al., § 9, p. 112, the bland, the courteous, the truly Christian assuasives of friendly attention
Origin
From assuage (“to relieve, soothe”) on the model of persuasive.From assuage (“to relieve, soothe”) on the model of persuasive.
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Forms
plural: assuasives| Singular | assuasive |
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