Posted on 07/25/2005 6:26:26 AM PDT by secret garden
Word For The Day, Monday, July 25, 2005 - assuage
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
assuage (uh-SWAYJ), verb
1. To make milder or less severe; to reduce the intensity of; to ease; to relieve.
2. To appease; to satisfy.
3. To soothe or calm; to pacify.
His generosity toward a group of young graffiti writers was, perhaps, one way to assuage his guilt.
--Phoebe Hoban, [1]Basquiat: A Quick Killing in Art
If only she would come outside
and let us meet her--face to face;
perhaps our words could turn
her anger's tide, perhaps
we could, if not erase,
at least assuage her rage.
--Euripides, Medea, edited by David R. Slavitt and Palmer Bovie
In one final attempt to assuage fears, the agency claims that these audits will comprise only "1.1 percent of the total audit-related contacts planned for the year."
--Daniel J. Pilla, "IRS prepares to intensify its kinder, gentler audits," [3]Insight on the News, April 29, 2002
Etymology: Assuage comes from Latin ad + suavis, "sweet".
Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the Word for the Day in a sentence.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day.
The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish (Be SURE to check out posts #92 and #111 on this thread!)
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
As in the rat?
I'm trying not to take too much of the pain meds....they mess up my sleeping and my appetite.
I really didn't do much this weekend.....in fact I never really left my chair at all yesterday.
It's only 96.6 here. Kicker is it's 77 percent humidity.
Yes, and he ditched his wife for that Crowe.
Hehehehehehehe!
You just learn to drink lotsa water here (remember my first year? Scotch does not count as water).
I was online last night at my spot where I play BlackJack. You can talk to the three people playing with you. I had one person laughing when I told him/her I had to put ice cubes in my bathtub. The cold water comes out too hot for me to get in. I've got the bathtub full right now. Maybe, just maybe, it will cool down enough for me to hop in.
Not to cool off, but to get from Assateague Island, where they live, to Chincoteague Island where they are sold at auction on Thursday. The ones not sold on Thursday swim back over to Assateague on Friday.
They are sold off annually for 2 reasons - to fund the volunteer Fire Company, and keep the herd under 150.
Humidity here is over 90% and he temp is over 90 as well.
BLECK...............I want hot water, even in hot weather.........but I haven't been able to even take a shower in 2 weeks, so I don't want to hear about it.
Did you get your Disability Placard yet?
I was burned badly as a two-year-old. Nerve endings in my back are really close to the surface because of that. It's normal. No scars, except for a small one on my shoulder. But I was burned on about 50 percent of my body, and luckily not on my face. I guess the sun in California burned off the scar tissue. Burn, peel, burn, peel, et cetera.
I'm hoping to get the paper work from the doc tomorrow - if he OKs me to be able to drive.
I'm a wreck about this doc visit.....supposedly I'm going to get the stitches taken out and a smaller cast, but like XS I only envision worst case scenarios.
A for you, desert princess. It is now about 105 here, according to the heat index. That other thread needed a weinermobile - good job!
I'm watching my daughter and her friend playing in the pool and on the slip 'n slide and I'm dying.
I'm so sick and tired of sponge/washcloth baths I could scream.
The only problem is they are hard for us to sign.
How's the recovery doing, Gabz?
Trade you an alligator for the cougar that for a short time took up residence under the next-door neighbor's deck. It's still around; people are being very careful about their pets & children...
I have a feeling I'm going to be getting something a bit more substantial :)
Thanks for asking - I'll know a bit better after seeing the doc tomorrow...........but what I do know is that I'm still in pain.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.