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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