soothe

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
  2. To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
  3. To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
  4. To calm or placate someone or some situation.
  5. To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
  6. To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
  7. To bring comfort or relief.
  8. To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
  9. (obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
  10. (obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
  11. (obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

Frequentie

C2
Uitgesproken als (IPA)
/suːð/
Etymologie (Engels)

From Middle English sothen (“to verify, prove the validity of”), from Old English sōþian (“to verify, prove, confirm, bear witness to”), from Proto-West Germanic *sanþōn, from Proto-Germanic *sanþōną (“to prove, certify, acknowledge, testify”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁es- (“to be”). Cognate with Danish sande (“to verify”), Swedish sanna (“to verify”), Icelandic sanna (“to verify”). See also sooth.

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