Definition of allay

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Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..

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Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
Tranquillize :: Tranquillize (v. t.) To render tranquil; to allay when agitated; to compose; to make calm and peaceful; as, to tranquilize a state disturbed by factions or civil commotions; to tranquilize the mind..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (n.) That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
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