aslake
Not valid in Scrabble
It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.
- Scrabble points
- 10
- Words With Friends
- 11
- Letters
- 6
Definition of aslake
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
- (archaic, intransitive, rare, transitive)To abate; diminish.
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verb
- (archaic, intransitive, rare, transitive)To abate; diminish.
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(intransitive, obsolete, rare, transitive)To moderate; mitigate; appease; satisfy.
“The beast that prowls about in search of blood, / Or reptile that within the treacherous brake / Waits for the prey, upcoiled, its hunger to aslake. ― Southey, Paraguay.”
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Etymology
From Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian (“to become slack, decline, diminish, grow tired, make slack, loosen, relax, dissolve”), equivalent to a- + slake.
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