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Soothe is defined as to calm or relieve.

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An example of to soothe is to rock a crying baby to sleep.

See soothe in Webster's New World College Dictionary

transitive verb soothed, soothing

to make calm or composed, as by gentle treatment, flattery, etc.; appease; mollify
to allay or relieve (pain, an ache, etc.); assuage

Origin: ME sothen < OE sothian, to bear witness to, prove true < soth: see sooth

intransitive verb

to have a soothing effect

Related Forms:

soother noun
soothing adjective
soothingly adverb

See soothe in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb soothed soothed, sooth·ing, soothes

verb, transitive

To calm or placate.
To ease or relieve (pain, for example).

verb, intransitive

To bring comfort, composure, or relief.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English sothen, to verify

Origin: , from Old English sōthian

Origin: , from sōth, true; see es- in Indo-European roots

Related Forms:

soothˈer noun

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