v. Obs. or arch. [OE. aslacian, asleacian, f. A- pref. 1 + slacian, sleacian: see SLAKE v.]
† 1. intr. To become slack; to become feeble, grow less; to diminish, abate. Obs.
c. 1000. Ælfric, Hom., I. 610. Gif we asleaciað fram gódum weorcum.
c. 1386. Chaucer, Milleres T., 367. The water schal aslake and gon away.
c. 1430. Lydg., Min. Poems (1840), 231. Whan ȝe be heyest ȝe mowe aslake.
c. 1430. Syr Generides, 6770. The winde beganne som dele a-slake.
c. 1430. Hymns to Virg. (1867), 80. Whanne oure bewte schal aslake.
1587. Turberv., Trag. T., 34. My woes which never would aslake.
2. To become less hot, to grow cool. arch. rare.
1810. Southey, Kehama, XI. 11, Wks. VIII. 93. Last they cast it [the steel] to aslake, In the penal icy lake.
† 3. trans. To slacken. Obs. rare.
1340. Ayenb., 253. Ne aslaky naȝt to moche þane bridel.
4. To mitigate, alleviate, assuage; to lessen, abate, diminish. arch.
c. 1314. Guy Warw., 213. Til that mi sorwe aslaked be.
1493. Petronylla, 154. That he of mercy oure sekenesse list aslake.
1599. Sandys, Europæ Spec. (1632), 195. These flames of controversies might bee extinguished or aslaked.
1652. Sparke, Prim. Devot., Ch. Milit., Aslake your grief.
1825. Southey, Paraguay, I. 14. Waits for the prey … its hunger to aslake.
† b. To appease (a person). Obs. rare.
1596. Spenser, F. Q., I. iii. 36. When mourning altars … The black infernall furies doen aslake.
