assuage

verb

Etymology: From Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.

1. To lessen the intensity of, to mitigate or relieve (hunger, emotion, pain, etc.).

   “Refreshing winds the summer's heat assuage.”

   “to assuage the sorrows of a desolate old man”

2. To pacify or soothe (someone).
3. To calm down, become less violent (of passion, hunger etc.); to subside, to abate.