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Definition of Assuasive
1. Adjective. Freeing from fear and anxiety.
Definition of Assuasive
1. a. Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing.
Definition of Assuasive
1. Adjective. mild, soothing ¹
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Definition of Assuasive
1. [adj]
Literary usage of Assuasive
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of English Synonymes and Synonymous Or Parallel Expressions by Richard Soule, George Holmes Howison (1891)
"I. Softening, assuasive, soothing, Leeward» n. ... Soothing, assuasive^ emollient«
ized or sanctioned (by /oto), according to law. Legality, n. ..."
2. The Casket, a Miscellany, Consisting of Unpublished Poems by Cunningham (1829)
"Yet there connubial love's assuasive pow'r Calm'd the last struggles of his
parting hour. Here let parental grief embalm his name, And still the muse he ..."
3. A Dictionary of the English Language: Compiled for the Use of Common Schools by Noah Webster (1817)
"... to writings or discourses Lenient, a. assuasive, softening, mild, genth'
Len'itive, n. an assuasive application Len'itive, ..."
4. A Dictionary of the English Language by Samuel Johnson, John Walker, Robert S. Jameson (1828)
"w¡ze)a<i. According to the length, in a longitudinal direction. LENIENT, (le'-ne-ent)
a. assuasive; softening; mitigating; laxative; emollient. ..."
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