Soothe /(so͡oth)/

Soothe

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Soothed; p. pr. & vb. n. Soothing

  1. To assent to as true. [Obs.]
  2. To assent to; to comply with; to gratify; to humor by compliance; to please with blandishments or soft words; to flatter.
    Good, my lord, soothe him, let him take the fellow.
    I've tried the force of every reason on him, Soothed and caressed, been angry, soothed again.
  3. To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows.
    Music hath charms to soothe the savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.
    Though the sound of Fame May for a moment soothe, it can not slake The fever of vain longing.