Assuasive

As·sua·sive

Assuasive

a.

[From assuage, as if this were fr. a supposed L. assuadere to persuade to; or from E. pref. ad + -suasive as in persuasive.]

Mitigating; tranquilizing; soothing. [R.]
Music her soft assuasive voice applies.
— Pope.

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