subside

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To become less strong or intense; to die down.

   The pain slowly subsided after she took the medicine.

2. 2
   verb

   To sink to a lower level.

   The floodwaters finally began to subside.

Simplified etymology

Subside entered English in the late Middle English period and derives from Latin sedere, meaning “to sit.” It belongs to the same historical word family as seat, subsidy, sediment, and session.

From Latin subsīdō (“to settle, subside”).

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