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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Cool :: Cool (v. t.) To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate..
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
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..
Narcotic :: Narcotic (n.) A drug which, in medicinal doses, generally allays morbid susceptibility, relieves pain, and produces sleep; but which, in poisonous doses, produces stupor, coma, or convulsions, and, when given in sufficient quantity, causes death. The best examples are opium (with morphine), belladonna (with atropine), and conium..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
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..
Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
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..
Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Acetanilide :: Acetanilide (n.) A compound of aniline with acetyl, used to allay fever or pain; -- called also antifebrine..
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..
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Antispasmodic :: Antispasmodic (n.) A medicine which prevents or allays spasms or convulsions.
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