aslake

transitive verb

əˈslāk

-ed/-ing/-s

archaic

: to cause to abate or diminish

waits for the prey … its hunger to aslake

—Robert Southey

Word History

Etymology

Middle English aslaken, from Old English āslacian to become or make slack, diminish, loosen, from ā- (perfective prefix) + slacian to slacken

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