Crossword clues for aslake
aslake
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Aslake \A*slake"\ ([.a]*sl[=a]k"), v. t. & i. [AS. [=a]slacian,
slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake.]
To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
[Archaic]
--Chaucer.
Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive intransitive rare or obsolete English) To abate; diminish. 2 (context transitive intransitive rare or obsolete English) To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.
Usage examples of "aslake".
And on their bare knees adown they fall And would have kissed his feet there as he stood, Till at the last *aslaked was his mood* *his anger was (For pity runneth soon in gentle heart).
The water shall aslake* and go away *slacken, abate Aboute prime* upon the nexte day.
In all the Court was none, as I do guess, "That could a lover half so well avail,* *help Nor of his woe the torment or the rage Aslake.
Til at the laste aslaked was his mood, For pitee renneth soone in gentil herte.