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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Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Acetanilide :: Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine..
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..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
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..
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
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..
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
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