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salve: Meaning and Definition of
salve
Pronunciation: (sav, säv), [key]
— n., v., salved, salv•ing.
- a medicinal ointment for healing or relieving wounds and sores.
- anything that soothes, mollifies, or relieves.
- to soothe with or as if with salve; assuage: to salve one's conscience.
salve
Pronunciation: (salv), [key]
— salved, salv•ing.
- to save from loss or destruction; to salvage.
sal•ve
Pronunciation: (sal'vē Lat. säl'wā), [key]
— interj.
- hail!
See also:
- salve (Thesaurus)
