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    [Noun]  | "salve" | \ ˈsav \


    1: an unctuous adhesive substance for application to wounds or sores

    2: a remedial or soothing influence or agency


    Origin: before 12th century ;

     Middle English, from Old English sealf; akin to Old High German salba salve, Greek olpē oil flask;

    [Verb]  | "salve" 


    1: to remedy (something, such as disease) with or as if with a salve

    2: quiet, assuage


    Origin: before 12th century ;

    [Verb]  | "salve" | \ ˈsalv \


    1: salvage


    Origin: circa 1706 ;

     Back-formation from salvage;

    [Noun]  | "salves" 


    1: as in creams, balms;


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    [Verb]  | "salves" 


    1: to free from distress or disturbance;


      * e.g., " ... attempting to salve her conscience, she anonymously sent the store a sum of cash sufficient to cover the merchandise she had shoplifted "





    [Verb]  | "salve" 


    1: to free from distress or disturbance;


      * e.g., " ... attempting to salve her conscience, she anonymously sent the store a sum of cash sufficient to cover the merchandise she had shoplifted "





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