Definition of allay

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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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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.
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
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..
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Pacify :: Pacify (v. t.) To make to be at peace; to appease; to calm; to still; to quiet; to allay the agitation, excitement, or resentment of; to tranquillize; as, to pacify a man when angry; to pacify pride, appetite, or importunity..
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
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..
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (n.) That which makes to be cool or cold; specifically, a medicine or an application for allaying fever, or the symptoms of fever; -- used also figuratively..
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
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..
Allayed :: Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Alla.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
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