Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Soother"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sooth \Sooth\ (s[=oo]th), a.; also adv. [Compar. {Soother}
(s[=oo]th"[~e]r); superl. {Soothest}.] [OE. soth, AS.
s[=o][eth], for san[eth]; akin to OS. s[=o][eth], OHG. sand,
Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real,
genuine, present, being; properly p. pr. from a root meaning,
to be, Skr. as, L. esse; also akin to Goth. sunjis true, Gr.
'eteo`s, Skr. satya. [root]9. Cf. {Absent}, {Am}, {Essence},
{Is}, {Soothe}, {Sutee}.]
1. True; faithful; trustworthy. [Obs. or Scot.]
The sentence [meaning] of it sooth is, out of doubt.
--Chaucer.
That shall I sooth (said he) to you declare.
--Spensser.
2. Pleasing; delightful; sweet. [R.]
The soothest shepherd that ever piped on plains.
--Milton.
With jellies soother than the creamy curd. --Keats.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Soother \Sooth"er\, n.
One who, or that which, soothes.
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