To prove true; verify; confirm as truth.To confirm the statements of; maintain the truthfulness of (a person); bear out.To assent to; yield to; humor by agreement or concession.To keep in good humor; wheedle; cajole; flatter.To restore to ease, comfort, or tranquillity; relieve; calm; quiet; refresh.To allay; assuage; mitigate; soften.To smooth over; render less obnoxious.Synonyms andTo compose, tranquilize, pacify, ease, alleviate.To temporize by assent, concession, flattery or cajolery.To have a comforting or tranquilizing influence.