A‐slake″ (ȧ‐slāk″), v. t. & i. [AS. āslacian, slacian, to slacken. Cf. Slake.] To mitigate; to moderate; to appease; to abate; to diminish. Chaucer.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.