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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
soothe/suːð/

▶verb gently calm (a person or their feelings).

■ reduce pain or discomfort in.

■ relieve (pain).

– derivatives
soother noun,
soothing adjective,
soothingly adverb.

– origin OE sōthian ‘verify, show to be true’, from sōth ‘true’ (see sooth).

'soothe' also found in these Oxford entries:

balm - bathe - bromide - console - demulcent - dulcify - lay - lenient - salve

Forum discussions with the word(s) "soothe" in the title:

comfort/soothe frightened child
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Soothe vs Calm (or calm down)
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The babysitter couldn't soothe the child teething and crying.
to ease/soothe/reduce my pain.
will not only <soothe, alleviate> <sorrow, sorrows> ...

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