Definition of allay

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Allay (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.

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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..
Antipyretic :: Antipyretic (a.) Efficacious in preventing or allaying fever.
Sedative :: Sedative (a.) allaying irritability and irritation; assuaging pain.
Allayment :: Allayment (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
Unlaid :: Unlaid (a.) Not allayed; not pacified; not laid finally to rest.
Cooling :: Cooling (p.a.) Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat.
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..
Contemper :: Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Atonic :: Atonic (n.) A remedy capable of allaying organic excitement or irritation.
Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
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..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Slake :: Slake (a.) To allay; to quench; to extinguish; as, to slake thirst..
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Charm :: Charm (n.) To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe..
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..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Emollient :: Emollient (n.) An external something or soothing application to allay irritation, soreness, etc..
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