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   slake

   /slāk/

   verb

   • 1. quench or satisfy (one's thirst): "slake your thirst with some lemonade"
   • ▪ satisfy (desires): "restaurants worked to slake the Italian obsession with food"
   • 2. combine (quicklime) with water to produce calcium hydroxide: "slake the lime within a day or two of purchase"

   Word Origin Old Englishslacian ‘become less eager’, also ‘slacken’, from the adjective slæc ‘slack’; compare with Dutch slaken ‘diminish, relax’.

   Scrabble Points: 9

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