aslake, v. Obs. or arch.
(əˈsleɪk)
[OE. aslacian, asleacian, f. a- prefix 1 + slacian, sleacian: see slake v.]
† 1. intr. To become slack; to become feeble, grow less; to diminish, abate. Obs.
| c 1000 ælfric Hom. I. 610 Gif we asleaciað fram gódum weorcum. c 1386 Chaucer Miller's T. 367 The water schal aslake and gon away. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (1840) 231 Whan ȝe be heyest ȝe mowe aslake. c 1430 Syr Generides 6770 The winde beganne som dele a-slake. c 1430 Hymns to Virg. (1867) 80 Whanne oure bewte schal aslake. 1587 Turberv. Trag. T. 34 My woes which never would aslake. |
2. To become less hot, to grow cool. arch. rare.
| 1810 Southey Kehama xi. 11 Wks. VIII. 93 Last they cast it [the steel] to aslake, In the penal icy lake. |
† 3. trans. To slacken. Obs. rare.
| 1340 Ayenb. 253 Ne aslaky naȝt to moche þane bridel. |
4. To mitigate, alleviate, assuage; to lessen, abate, diminish. arch.
| c 1314 Guy Warw. 213 Til that mi sorwe aslaked be. 1493 Petronylla 154 That he of mercy oure sekenesse list aslake. 1599 Sandys Europ. Spec. (1632) 195 These flames of controversies might bee extinguished or aslaked. 1652 Sparke Prim. Devot. Ch. Milit., Aslake your grief. 1825 Southey Paraguay i. 14 Waits for the prey..its hunger to aslake. |
† b. To appease (a person). Obs. rare.
| 1596 Spenser F.Q. i. iii. 36 When mourning altars..The black infernall furies doen aslake. |