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

• dbtc 3y ago
  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 https://www.etymonline.com/word/soothe
  • tines 3y ago
    Sure, but we're speaking English, not Old English. In English, the (archaic) word sooth is a noun, and soothe is a verb.
  • TRiG_Ireland 3y ago
    Etymology is often fascinating.