Noah Webster
Swage
SWAGE, verb transitive [probably allied to swag and weak; from falling or throwing down.] To ease; to soften; to mitigate.
Apt words have power to swage
The tumors of a troubled mind.
[See Assuage, which is the word now used.]
SWAGE, verb transitive [probably allied to swag and weak; from falling or throwing down.] To ease; to soften; to mitigate.
Apt words have power to swage
The tumors of a troubled mind.
[See Assuage, which is the word now used.]