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Re:The importance of handwriting is now better understood by tines on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @12:07PM (#37917243)
> to sooth a family dispute

I think you want the word "soothe" which means to calm. "Sooth" means "truth" as in "sooth-sayer."

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Re:The importance of handwriting is now better understood by dbtc on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @04:01PM (#37920755)
soothe from Old English soðian ... from soð "true" (see sooth).

The sense of "quiet, comfort, restore to tranquility," in reference to a person or animal, is by 1690s, via the notion of "to assuage one by asserting that what he says is true,"

https://www.etymonline.com/word/soothe

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Re:The importance of handwriting is now better understood by tines on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:53PM (#37931387)
Sure, but we're speaking English, not Old English. In English, the (archaic) word sooth is a noun, and soothe is a verb.
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Re:The importance of handwriting is now better understood by TRiG_Ireland on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @03:41PM (#37933735)
Etymology is often fascinating.
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