English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words. 2014.
sooth vs soothe — Sooth is a noun, it s an old fashioned word that means truth. For example: Ay, sooth, so humbled. That he hath left part of his grief with me. Shakespeare s Othello. Soothe is a verb that means to reduce pain or discomfort, For example:… … English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words
sooth´er — soothe «sooth», verb, soothed, sooth|ing. –v.t. 1. to quiet; calm; comfort: »The mother soothed the crying child. Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast (William Congreve) … Useful english dictionary
Sooth — Sooth, n. [AS. s[=o][eth]. See {Sooth}, a.] 1. Truth; reality. [Archaic] [1913 Webster] The sooth it this, the cut fell to the knight. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] In sooth, I know not why I am so sad. Shak. [1913 Webster] In good sooth, Its mystery… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Soothe — (s[=oo][th]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Soothed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Soothing}.] [Originally, to assent to as true; OE. so[eth]ien to verify, AS. ges[=o][eth]ian to prove the truth of, to bear witness. See {Sooth}, a.] 1. To assent to as true. [Obs.]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Sooth — (s[=oo]th), a.; also adv. [Compar. {Soother} (s[=oo]th [ e]r); superl. {Soothest}.] [OE. soth, AS. s[=o][eth], for san[eth]; akin to OS. s[=o][eth], OHG. sand, Icel. sannr, Sw. sann, Dan. sand, Skr. sat, sant, real, genuine, present, being;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
soothe — O.E. soðian show to be true, from soð true (see SOOTH (Cf. sooth)). Sense of quiet, comfort, mollify is first recorded 1690s, on notion of to assuage one by asserting that what he says is true (i.e. to be a yes man), a sense attested from 1560s … Etymology dictionary
soothe — ► VERB 1) gently calm. 2) relieve (pain or discomfort). DERIVATIVES soother noun soothing adjective. ORIGIN Old English, «verify, show to be true», from SOOTH(Cf. ↑sooth) … English terms dictionary
soothe — [so͞oth] vt. soothed, soothing [ME sothen < OE sothian, to bear witness to, prove true < soth: see SOOTH] 1. to make calm or composed, as by gentle treatment, flattery, etc.; appease; mollify 2. to allay or relieve (pain, an ache, etc.);… … English World dictionary
soothe — [[t]suð[/t]] v. soothed, sooth•ing 1) to offer relief or comfort to: to soothe someone with kind words[/ex] 2) to mitigate; assuage; allay: to soothe sunburned skin[/ex] 3) to exert a soothing influence • Etymology: bef. 950; ME sothen to verify … From formal English to slang
sooth — [OE] Sooth ‘truth’ (which now survives in current usage only in the compound soothsayer [14]) goes back ultimately to Indo European *sntyós (possible ancestor also of English sin). This was a derivative of the base *es ‘be’, and hence… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
