Definition of allay

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Allay (v. t.) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm; as, to allay popular excitement; to allay the tumult of the passions..

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Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
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..
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; 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..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
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..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
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..
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
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