assouvir

Meaning

to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.)

Frequency

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/a.su.viʁ/
Etymology

In summary

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre (“satisfy”), from Latin sōpiō (“to sleep”) (influenced by Old French assevir (“attain”)). Doublet of assoupir.

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