Meaning of 'assuage' in Maltese is: tikkalma

assuage: tikkalma

Verb:

tikkalma, itaffu, jitfu, kalm, benniena, kwieta, ibattu, ittaffi, jikkalmaw, inaqqsu, jaqgħu.

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Verb(1) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of(2) satisfy (thirst(3) provide physical relief, as from pain(4) cause to be more favorably inclined(5) satisfy (thirst)(6) provide physical relief(7) as from pain(8) soothe(9) relieve

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(1) They may have over-eaten, in their desperation to assuage their hunger, or drunk themselves silly.(2) What poor hosts we have become if we do not offer to assuage her hunger, for surely she must be famished by now.(3) an opportunity occurred to assuage her desire for knowledge(4) Such videos are very popular as they help assuage the guilt feelings of parents over their failure to control the TV in the first place.(5) This is because one of the purposes of the criminal law is to assuage the feelings of the victims and their friends and relations.(6) The subsequent amendments were being proposed to assuage the feelings of industry.(7) The point is, hunger and the desire to assuage it had little, if anything, to do with honoring or dishonoring God on the Sabbath.(8) Anyway, I'll assuage my frustration by posting my comment here.(9) I myself incline to the minority view that science alone cannot assuage our craving for human contact.(10) However, my task is to pursue the best interests of the child and not assuage parental feelings.(11) Politicians sought to assuage those feelings with a range of new anti-crime measures.(12) Looking at my field guide did not assuage my fears.(13) It seems as though dance helped to assuage the feelings of loss associated with leaving Ireland.(14) Trying to assuage the ruffled feelings of the masses by conducting such events in situations of necessity may be fine.(15) As part of the shift to unadorned capitalist relations, efforts appear to be underway to revive various forms of religion to help assuage social discontent.(16) For him, people existed only for one purpose: to assuage his unquenchable thirst for self-validation and control.