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(transitive) To calm or assuage. / To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint. / To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good. / (dated) To salvage.

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salve

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Source Word

salve

IPA(Pronunciation)

/sɑːv/

Verb

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(transitive) To calm or assuage. / To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint. / To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good. / (dated) To salvage.

Japanese Meaning

痛みや不安を和らげる、落ち着かせる / 軟膏などを塗って治療する、塗布して鎮める / 癒す、治す、回復させる / (時代語) 救出する

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He tried to salve her worries with gentle words.

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彼は穏やかな言葉で彼女の不安をなだめようとした。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To calm or assuage.

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Sense（2）

To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.

c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The First Part of Henry the Fourth,[…]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):

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