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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Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
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..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
Acetanilide :: Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
Contemper :: Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Allay :: 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..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
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..
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
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