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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Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
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..
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..
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..
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
Anodyne :: Anodyne (a.) Any medicine which allays pain, as an opiate or narcotic; anything that soothes disturbed feelings..
Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Allayed :: Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Alla.
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
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..
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
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