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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Anodyne :: Anodyne (a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings..
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Allayed :: Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Alla.
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..
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..
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Acetanilide :: Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine..
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or grief..
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
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