Definition of allay

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Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

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Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
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..
Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
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..
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..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
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..
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Allayed :: Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Alla.
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
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