aslake
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian (“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”), equivalent to a- + slake.
Verb edit
aslake (third-person singular simple present aslakes, present participle aslaking, simple past and past participle aslaked)
- (transitive, intransitive, rare or archaic) To abate; diminish.
- (transitive, intransitive, rare or obsolete) To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.
- The beast that prowls about in search of blood, / Or reptile that within the treacherous brake / Waits for the prey, upcoiled, its hunger to aslake. ― Southey, Paraguay.
Translations edit
mitigate — see mitigate