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salve
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[sav, sahv] 
noun, verb, salved, salv⋅ing.–noun
| 1. | a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores. |
| 2. | anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves. |
–verb (used with object)
| 3. | to soothe with or as if with salve; assuage: to salve one's conscience. |
Origin:
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE sealf; c. G Salbe salve, Skt sarpis melted butter; (v.) ME salven, OE sealfian
bef. 900; (n.) ME; OE sealf; c. G Salbe salve, Skt sarpis melted butter; (v.) ME salven, OE sealfian
Synonyms:
3. ease, alleviate, mollify.
3. ease, alleviate, mollify.
salve
2 [salv] –verb (used without object), verb (used with object), salved, salv⋅ing.
| to save from loss or destruction; to salvage. |
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| salve 1 (sāv, säv) n.
[Middle English, from Old English sealf.] |
| salve 2 (sālv) tr.v. salved, salv·ing, salves To salvage. [Back-formation from salvage or salvable.] sal'vor n. |
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Salve
Sal"ve\, interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.] Hail!Salve
Sal"ve\ (? or ?), v. t. To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.] By this that stranger knight in presence came, And goodly salved them. --Spenser.Salve
Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG. salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva, Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ? oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.]1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer. 2. A soothing remedy or antidote. Counsel or consolation we may bring. Salve to thy sores. --Milton. Salve bug (Zo["o]l.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ([AE]ga psora), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about two inches in length.Salve
Salve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n. Salving.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.]1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a wound. --Shak. 2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or quibble; to gloss over. But Ebranck salved both their infamies With noble deeds. --Spenser. What may we do, then, to salve this seeming inconsistence? --Milton.Salve
Salve\, v. t. & i. [See Salvage] To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea. [Recent]
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Language Translation for : salve
Spanish:
ungüento, bálsamo,
German:
die Salbe,
Japanese:
こう薬
salve (n.)
O.E. sealf "healing ointment," from W.Gmc. *salbo- "oily substance" (cf. O.S. salba, M.Du. salve, Du. zalf, O.H.G. salba, Ger. salbe "ointment"), from PIE *solpa-, from base *selp- "fat, butter" (cf. Gk. elpos "fat, oil," Skt. sarpis "melted butter"). The figurative sense of "something to soothe wounded pride, etc." is from 1736. The verb is O.E. sealfian "anoint (a wound) with salve," from P.Gmc. *salbojanan (cf. Du. zalven, Ger. salben, Goth. salbon "to anoint").
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Main Entry: salve
Pronunciation: 'sav, 'säv, 'sov, 'salv, 'sälv
Function: noun
: an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores
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salve (sāv, säv)
n.
An analgesic or medicinal ointment.
salve v.
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