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Definition of Aslake
1. v. t. & i. To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish.
Definition of Aslake
1. Verb. (transitive intransitive rare or obsolete) To abate; diminish. ¹
2. Verb. (transitive intransitive rare or obsolete) To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy. ¹
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Definition of Aslake
1. to slake [v ASLAKED, ASLAKING, ASLAKES] - See also: slake
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aslake
Literary usage of Aslake
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England in the Fifteenth Century by William Denton (1888)
"He was living at that time in the city of Norwich, and had acted as counsel for
the Prior of Norwich in a suit with a certain Walter aslake about the ..."
2. The Visitacion of Norffolk by William Harvey, Robert Cooke, John Raven, College of Arms (Great Britain) (1891)
"William aslake of Carow^Agnes da. to John ... Thomas aslake, died young. No issue.
Dorothy mar. to Mary mar. Elizabeth, first mar. to Thomas ..."
3. A Dictionary of English Etymology by Hensleigh Wedgwood (1872)
"The sinking of the waters is expressed in Genesis by decrease, in Chaucer by
aslake, or slacken Lesion. ... The water shall aslake and gone away ..."
4. Specimens of Early English Metrical Romances, Chiefly Written During the by George Ellis (1805)
"The reader will perhaps hear with some surprise that this was no other than aslake,
... the bold baron of price, And of the fair maid Felice, And of aslake, ..."
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