Hypertext Webster Gateway: "assuasive"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Assuasive \As*sua"sive\, a. [From assuage, as if this were fr. a
supposed L. assuadere to persuade to; or from E. pref. ad +
-suasive as in persuasive.]
Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.]
Music her soft assuasive voice applies. --Pope.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
assuasive
adj : freeing from fear and anxiety [syn: {calming}, {pacifying},
{soothing}]
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