soothe

verb

1. (transitive)To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.

   “Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.”

   “Yet Wayne Rooney scored at a good time, three minutes after the restart, to soothe any gathering nerves and the night can ultimately be chalked off as one of the finest occasions of Hodgson's 17 months in the job.”

2. (transitive)To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
3. (rare, transitive)To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
4. (transitive)To calm or placate someone or some situation.
5. (transitive)To ease or relieve pain or suffering.

   “I am a cider drinker, I drinks it all of the day I am a cider drinker, it soothes all me troubles away”

6. (intransitive)To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
7. (intransitive)To bring comfort or relief.
8. (transitive)To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
9. (obsolete, transitive)To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
10. (obsolete, transitive)To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
11. (obsolete, transitive)To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.

    “To be ſhort, a wretched and curſed generation they be; hypocrites, pretending friendſhip, but they can not skill of plaine dealing and franke ſpeech. Rich men they claw, ſooth up and flatter: the poore they contemne and despiſe.”