7 letters · 8 points in Scrabble
verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
verb satisfy (thirst)
verb provide physical relief, as from pain
originFrom Middle English aswagen, from Old French asuagier (“to appease, to calm”), from Vulgar Latin *assuāviō (“to sweeten, to butter up, to calm”), derived from Latin ad- + suāvis (“sweet”) + -iō.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0