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.
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
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..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
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..
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.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
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..
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
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..
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
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