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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Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Tantalus :: Tantalus (n.) A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them..
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
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..
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
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..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
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