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Soother

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soothe  (s)
v. soothed, sooth·ing, soothes
v.tr.
1. To calm or placate.
2. To ease or relieve (pain, for example).
v.intr.
To bring comfort, composure, or relief.
[Middle English sothen, to verify, from Old English sthian, from sth, true; see es- in Indo-European roots.]
soother n.


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I don't know what good he thought it would do me, for I had one of my own: but it was all he had to lend, poor fellow, except a sheet of letter-paper full of skeletons; and that he gave me at parting, as a soother of my sorrows and a contribution to my peace of mind.
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Sow fallow land when the soil is still getting light: fallow land is a defender from harm and a soother of children.
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