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aslake
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aslakeverb
To abate; diminish.
aslakeverb
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.
Etymology: From aslaken, from aslacian, from uz- +, from (s)lēg-, equivalent to. Cognate with slaken, sloka, slukke. More at slake.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Aslakeverb
To remit; to mitigate; to slacken.
Etymology: from a and slake, or slack.
But this continual, cruel, civil war,
No skill can stint, nor reason can aslake. Edmund Spenser, Son. xliv.Whilst seeking to aslake thy raging fire,
Thou in me kindlest much more great desire. Edmund Spenser.
Webster Dictionary
Aslake
to mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish
Etymology: [AS. slacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Aslake
a-slāk′, v.t. (arch.) to slake: to mitigate. [Prep. a, and Slake.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of aslake in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of aslake in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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