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soothe

IPA(Pronunciation)

/suːð/

Verb

transitive rare intransitive obsolete

(transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh. / (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften. / (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.

Japanese Meaning

落ち着かせる / 和らげる / 慰める / なだめる / 穏やかにする

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A warm cup of tea helped soothe her frayed nerves after the long day.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

温かい一杯の紅茶が、長い一日の後で彼女の疲れた神経を和らげるのに役立った。

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Sense（1）

(transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.

Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt,

To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.

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Sense（2）

(transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.

Sense（3）

(transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.

Sense（4）

(transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.

Sense（5）

(transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.

I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day

I am a cider drinker, it soothes all me troubles away

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Sense（6）

(intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.

Sense（7）

(intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.

Sense（8）

(transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.

Sense（9）

(transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.

Sense（10）

(transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.

Sense（11）

(transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and despiſe.

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soothes

（ present singular third-person ）

soothing

（ participle present ）

soothed

（ participle past ）

soothed

（ past ）

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