verb

• (transitive) To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquility; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.
• (transitive) To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.
• (transitive, rare) To smooth over; render less obnoxious.
• (transitive) To calm or placate someone or some situation.
• (transitive) To ease or relieve pain or suffering.
• (intransitive) To temporise by assent, concession, flattery, or cajolery.
• (intransitive) To bring comfort or relief.
• (transitive) To keep in good humour; wheedle; cajole; flatter.
• (transitive, obsolete) To prove true; verify; confirm as true.
• (transitive, obsolete) To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.
• (transitive, obsolete) To assent to; yield to; humour by agreement or concession.