assouvir

Pronunciation: /a.su.viʁ/

“assouvir” is a French word. Its meaning in English:

verb

to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.)

In French

Rassasier pleinement, délivrer d’une faim vorace, contenter.
Satisfaire un besoin, une envie.
Satisfaire une passion violente.

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre (“satisfy”), from Latin sōpiō (“to sleep”) (influenced by Old French assevir (“attain”)). Doublet of assoupir.

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