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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Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
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..
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..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
Contemper :: Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
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.
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Lay :: Lay (v. t.) To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit..
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
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..
Acetanilide :: Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine..
Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
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