to placate and console oneself (see Molina)
acouetzi. n. (pret. onacouetz.) sossegarse y consolarse. Alonso de Molina, Vocabulario en lengua castellana y mexicana y mexicana y castellana, 1571, part 2, Nahuatl to Spanish, f. 2v. col. 2. Thanks to Joe Campbell for providing the transcription.