aslake

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verb

To abate; diminish.

“The beast that prowls about in search of blood, / Or reptile that within the treacherous brake / Waits for the prey, upcoiled, its hunger to aslake. ― Southey, Paraguay.”

OriginMiddle English aslaken ← Old English āslacian →
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Meanings

verbaslake (third-person singular simple present aslakes, present participle aslaking, simple past and past participle aslaked)

present singular third person aslakes · participle present aslaking · participle past aslaked · past aslaked

  1. archaicintransitiveraretransitiveTo abate; diminish.
  2. intransitiveobsoleteraretransitiveTo moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.

    The beast that prowls about in search of blood, / Or reptile that within the treacherous brake / Waits for the prey, upcoiled, its hunger to aslake. ― Southey, Paraguay.

Origin

  1. Old Englishāslacian“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”
  2. Middle Englishaslaken
  3. Englishaslake

From Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian (“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”), equivalent to a- + slake.

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APA

aslake. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aslake

MLA

“aslake.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aslake. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “aslake,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aslake.

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