Definition of allay

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Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

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Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
Allegge :: Allegge (v. t.) See Alegge and Allay.
Allay :: Allay (n.) Alloy.
Alloy :: Alloy (v. t.) To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes..
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
Allayed :: Allayed (imp. & p. p.) of Alla.
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
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..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
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..
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..
Delay :: Delay (n.) To allay; to temper.
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
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