soothen

present singular third person soothens · participle present soothening · participle past soothened · past soothened

1. transitiveTo make comforted; cause to feel soothed; to ease, relieve, or alleviate

   The cool green foliage around her soothened the eyes of beholders even in the blazing sun.

   1999, M. L. Augustine, Fort William Calcutta's Crowning Glory: Calcutta's Crowning Glory

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   These nutrients combine together to soothen the body; and according to Susruta, such a process is attributed to mucus.

   2006, Pradip Kumar Bose, Health and Society in Bengal

   Since Melitta is honored in the chamber of Persephone, then the grief for her death is significantly soothened.

   2008, Christos Tsagalis, Inscribing Sorrow: Fourth-Century Attic Funerary Epigrams, page 36

   A very close friend of Dad helped me to rent a place large enough to have an inpatient of about ten beds, a good waiting area (patients need to soothen their taut nerves before they see the doctor) and a spacious operation theatre.

   2011, Reina Khadilkar, Oh! to be a Lady Surgeon, page 101

   For migra[i]nes and headaches drop a few drops in boiling water or use a cold compress and inhale when there is nervous ex[h]austion, wrap a warm towel to soothen tense and agitated nerves.

   2016, Dr. Shiv Kumar, Aroma Therapy