Definitions from Wiktionary (salve)
▸ noun: An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
▸ noun: Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
▸ verb: (transitive) To calm or assuage.
▸ verb: To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
▸ verb: To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
▸ verb: (dated) To salvage.
▸ verb: (obsolete, astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
▸ verb: (obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
▸ verb: (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
▸ verb: (transitive) To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
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▸ noun: An ointment, cream, or balm with soothing, healing, or calming effects.
▸ noun: Any remedy or action that soothes or heals.
▸ verb: (transitive) To calm or assuage.
▸ verb: To heal by applications or medicaments; to apply salve to; to anoint.
▸ verb: To heal; to remedy; to cure; to make good.
▸ verb: (dated) To salvage.
▸ verb: (obsolete, astronomy) To save (the appearances or the phenomena); to explain (a celestial phenomenon); to account for (the apparent motions of the celestial bodies).
▸ verb: (obsolete) To resolve (a difficulty); to refute (an objection); to harmonize (an apparent contradiction).
▸ verb: (obsolete) To explain away; to mitigate; to excuse.
▸ verb: (transitive) To say “salve” to; to greet; to salute.
▸ Also see salve
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