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See Salve

English

Noun

  1. An ointment, cream or balm with soothing, healing or calming effects.
  2. Anything or action that soothes or heals.


Translations

  • Finnish: , ,
  • Finnish:

Verb

  1. To calm or assuage.
  2. To salvage.


Translations

  • Finnish:
  • Finnish:

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French

Pronunciation


Noun

salve

  1. salvo, volley of shots.


See also


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Italian

Adjective

salve


Interjection

salve!

  1. hello!; hi!; hail!


Noun

salve


Category:Italian adjective forms Category:Italian interjections

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Latin

Etymology

Presumably from an unattested verb {{term|salveo|salveō|lang=la}}

Interjection

  1. hail!, welcome!, farewell!


Usage notes

  • This is the singular form. When greeting a group, {{term|salvete|salvēte|lang=la}} is used.


Related terms


da:salve fa:salve fr:salve ko:salve io:salve lt:salve pl:salve ru:salve fi:salve sv:salve ta:salve te:salve vi:salve zh:salve

GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Salve \Salve\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Salved; p. pr. & vb. n.
Salving.] [AS. sealfian to anoint. See Salve, n.]
1. To heal by applications or medicaments; to cure by
remedial treatment; to apply salve to; as, to salve a
wound. --Shak.
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2. To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good; to soothe, as
with an ointment, especially by some device, trick, or
quibble; to gloss over.
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But Ebranck salved both their infamies
With noble deeds. --Spenser.
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What may we do, then, to salve this seeming
inconsistence? --Milton.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Salve \Sal"ve\, interj. [L., hail, God save you, imperat. of
salvere to be well. Cf. Salvo a volley.]
Hail!
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Salve \Sal"ve\ (? or ?), v. t.
To say "Salve" to; to greet; to salute. [Obs.]
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By this that stranger knight in presence came,
And goodly salved them. --Spenser.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Salve \Salve\ (?; 277), n. [AS. sealf ointment; akin to LG.
salwe, D. zalve, zalf, OHG. salba, Dan. salve, Sw. salfva,
Goth. salb[=o]n to anoint, and probably to Gr. (Hesychius) ?
oil, ? butter, Skr. sarpis clarified butter. [root]155, 291.]
1. An adhesive composition or substance to be applied to
wounds or sores; a healing ointment. --Chaucer.
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2. A soothing remedy or antidote.
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Counsel or consolation we may bring.
Salve to thy sores. --Milton.
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Salve bug (Zool.), a large, stout isopod crustacean ({Aega
psora}), parasitic on the halibut and codfish, -- used by
fishermen in the preparation of a salve. It becomes about
two inches in length.
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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Salve \Salve\, v. t. & i. [See Salvage]
To save, as a ship or goods, from the perils of the sea.
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WordNet salve
n 1: semisolid preparation (usually containing a medicine)
applied externally as a remedy or for soothing an
irritation [syn: ointment, unction, unguent, balm]
2: anything that remedies or heals or soothes; "he needed a
salve for his conscience"
v 1: save from ruin, destruction, or harm [syn: salvage, relieve,
save]
2: apply a salve to, usually for the purpose of healing
Moby Dictionary
Trinkgeld , abate , aid , allay , alleviate , alleviative , alleviator ,
anesthetize , anodyne , anoint , appease , assuage , assuagement ,
assuager , balm , balsam , beeswax , benumb , bonus , bounty , bribe ,
brilliantine , calmative , cerate , chrism , cold cream , collyrium ,
comfort , consideration , counterirritant , cream , cushion , daub ,
deaden , deaden the pain , demulcent , diminish , dolorifuge , donative ,
dope , dose , double time , dress , dressing , drug , dull , ease ,
ease matters , embrocate , embrocation , emollient , eye-lotion ,
eyewash , eyewater , face cream , fee , foment , give relief ,
glycerolate , gratuity , gravy , grease , grease the wheels ,
hand lotion , honorarium , incentive pay , inducement , inunction ,
inunctum , lagniappe , lanolin , lard , largess , lay , lenitive , lessen ,
liberality , liniment , lotion , lubricant , lubricate , lull , medicate ,
mitigate , mitigator , moderator , modulator , mollifier , mollify ,
narcotic , nard , numb , oil , ointment , opiate , pacificator , pacifier ,
pad , palliate , palliative , palm oil , peacemaker , perks , perquisite ,
pomade , pomatum , poultice , pour balm into , pour oil on , pourboire ,
premium , reduce , relief , relieve , remedy , restraining hand ,
salvage , sedative , shock absorber , slacken , slake , slick , slick on ,
smear , smooth the way , soap the ways , soften , something extra ,
soothe , soother , soothing syrup , spikenard , sportula , stabilizer ,
stupe , subdue , sweetener , temperer , tip , tranquilizer , unction ,
unguent , unguentum , vulnerary , wax , wiser head


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