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salve

1  [sav, sahv] noun, verb, salved, salv⋅ing.
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–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

Synonyms:
3. ease, alleviate, mollify.
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salve

2  [salv]
–verb (used without object), verb (used with object), salved, salv⋅ing.
to save from loss or destruction; to salvage.
Origin:
1700–10; back formation from salvage

sal⋅ve

3  [sal-vee; Lat. sahl-wey]
–interjection
hail!
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < L salvē! lit., be in good health!; cf. salute
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salve 1   (sāv, säv)   
n.  

  1. An analgesic or medicinal ointment.

  2. Something that soothes or heals; a balm.

  3. Flattery or commendation.

tr.v.   salved, salv·ing, salves

  1. To soothe or heal with or as if with salve.

  2. To ease the distress or agitation of; assuage: salved my conscience by apologizing.


[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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: salve
Pronunciation: 'sav, 'säv, 'sov, 'salv, 'sälv
Function: noun
: an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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Medical Dictionary

salve (sāv, säv)
n.
An analgesic or medicinal ointment.

salve v.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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