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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Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Pacify :: Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity..
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Moderate :: Moderate (v. t.) To restrain from excess of any kind; to reduce from a state of violence, intensity, or excess; to keep within bounds; to make temperate; to lessen; to allay; to repress; to temper; to qualify; as, to moderate rage, action, desires, etc.; to moderate heat or wind..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Quell :: Quell (v. t.) To quiet; to allay; to pacify; to cause to yield or cease; as, to quell grief; to quell the tumult of the soul..
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
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..
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