Assuasive

(definition) by Webster 1913 Tue Dec 21 1999 at 21:56:06

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.

 

© Webster 1913.

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