soothe

soothe is a Verb

Definition:

[1] To assent to as true. [Obs.] Testament of Love.

[2] To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter. Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow. Shak. I`ve tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again. Addison.

[3] To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one`s sorrows. Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. Congreve. Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing. Byron.