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dave.

To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

4 characters1 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. To assuage; soften; mitigate; relieve; calm; alleviate (pain).

    UK · dialectal · transitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle English deven, deaven (“to make deaf”), from Old English dēafian (“to wax or become deaf”) and Old Norse deyfa (“to make deaf, make blunt, numb, soothe, allay”). Cognate with dialectal Norwegian døyva (“to deafen, make dull”).

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