Sekirov Dictionary

salve

UK /sɑːv/US /sæ(l)v/

verb 8
noun 2
exclamation 1
forms 3

verb8

•
To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
- I do beseech your majesty […] salve the long-grown wounds of my intemperance." — 1597
•
To calm or assuage.
- She feels guilty for pampering him, and salves her conscience by bossily ordering him to go and fetch the clothes from the line[.] — 1985
•
To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
- But Ebranck salved both their infamies / With noble deedes. — 1590
•
(old-fashioned) To salvage.
- The interior woodwork was largely salved from the two cars, as well as the majority of the fittings and seats. — 1942
To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
(no longer used) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
•
(no longer used) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
- He which should hold it more rational to make the whole Universe move, and thereby to salve the Earths mobility, is more unreasonable.... — 1661
(no longer used) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.

noun2

An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
•
Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
- Your forgiveness was a salve to my conscience and a balm to my wounded ego.

exclamation1

Hail; a greeting.

forms

salved · salving · salves

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