- assuasive
- adjective Date: 1708 soothing, calming
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Assuasive — As*sua sive, a. [From assuage, as if this were fr. a supposed L. assuadere to persuade to; or from E. pref. ad + suasive as in persuasive.] Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.] [1913 Webster] Music her soft assuasive voice applies. Pope.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
assuasive — index medicinal, narcotic, palliative (abating), remedial Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
assuasive — (adj.) 1708, probably from ASSUME (Cf. assume) on model of PERSUASIVE (Cf. persuasive), etc … Etymology dictionary
assuasive — [ə swā′siv] adj. [< ASSUAGE, after PERSUASIVE] soothing; allaying … English World dictionary
assuasive drug — index narcotic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
assuasive — /euh sway siv/, adj. soothing; alleviative. [1700 10; AS + (PER)SUASIVE] * * * … Universalium
assuasive — adjective mild, soothing … Wiktionary
assuasive — Synonyms and related words: alleviating, alleviative, altering, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, balmy, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, calmant, calmative, cathartic, cleansing, deadening, demulcent, dulling, easing, emollient, extenuating,… … Moby Thesaurus
assuasive — adj. calming, soothing … English contemporary dictionary
assuasive — a. Soothing, assuaging, emollient, lenitive, lenient, mitigating, mitigative, mild, moderating, softening, mollifying, pacifying, composing, tranquillizing, quieting, stilling, quelling, allaying, abating, easeful, tempering, relieving, lulling … New dictionary of synonyms
