Thesaurus: soothe

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1. a. To assent to as true.
2. a. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
3. a. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
4. v. give moral or emotional strength to
5. v. cause to feel better
6. 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.
7. v:100 v. cause to feel better