Definition of allay

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Allay (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

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Antiorgastic :: Antiorgastic (a.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative.
Allaying :: Allaying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Alla.
Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To appease; to allay; to calm; to soothe.
Refrigerant :: Refrigerant (a.) Cooling; allaying heat or fever.
Quiet :: Quiet (v. t.) To calm; to appease; to pacify; to lull; to allay; to tranquillize; as, to quiet the passions; to quiet clamors or disorders; to quiet pain or 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..
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..
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Solace :: Solace (n.) To allay; to assuage; to soothe; as, to solace grief..
Legge :: Legge (v. t.) To lighten; to allay.
Sedative :: Sedative (n.) A remedy which allays irritability and irritation, and irritative activity or pain..
Antemetic :: Antemetic (n.) A remedy to check or allay vomiting.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
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..
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..
Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..
Refrigerative :: Refrigerative (a.) Cooling; allaying heat.
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..
Allayer :: Allayer (n.) One who, or that which, allays..
Slocken :: Slocken (v. t.) To quench; to allay; to slake. See Slake.
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