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Assuage vs Militate - What's the difference?

assuage | militate |

In obsolete|lang=en terms the difference between assuage and militate

is that assuage is (obsolete) to calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc); to subside, to abate while militate is (obsolete) to fight.

As verbs the difference between assuage and militate

is that assuage is to lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc) while militate is to give force or effect toward; to influence.

assuage

English

Alternative forms

* (l) (obsolete)

Verb

(assuag)
  • To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain etc.).
  • * Addison
    • Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage .
  • * Burke
    • to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man
  • * Byron
    • the fount at which the panting mind assuages / her thirst of knowledge
  • * 1864 November 21, Abraham Lincoln (signed) or John Hay, letter to Mrs. Bixby in Boston
    • I pray that our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement, and leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost.
  • To pacify or soothe (someone).
  • (obsolete) To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.

    • Derived terms

    * assuagement * assuager

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    militate

    English

    Verb

    (militat)
  • To give force or effect toward; to influence.
    • To militate in favor of a particular result.
    To militate against the possibility of his election.
  • (obsolete) To fight.