Allay \Al*lay"\, v. t.
To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage
allays." --Shak.
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Allay \Al*lay"\, n.
Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]
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Allay \Al*lay"\, n.
Alloy. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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Allay \Al*lay"\, v. t.
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to
deteriorate. [Archaic] --Fuller.
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Allay \Al*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Allayed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Allaying.] [OE. alaien, aleggen, to lay down, put down,
humble, put an end to, AS. [=a]lecgan; [=a]- (cf. Goth. us-,
G. er-, orig. meaning out) + lecgan to lay; but confused with
old forms of allege, alloy, alegge. See Lay.]
1. 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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2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the
severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
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It would allay the burning quality of that fell
poison. --Shak.
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Syn: To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate;
subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See
Alleviate.
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allay
v 1: lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my
conscience"; "still the fears" [syn: still, relieve,
ease]
2: satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst" [syn:
quench, slake, assuage]
WordNet (r) 2.0
120 Moby Thesaurus words for "allay":
abate, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, balm,
bank the fire, benumb, blunt, calm, chasten, cloy, compose,
conciliate, constrain, control, cool, cram, cushion, damp, dampen,
de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain, defuse, deliver, diminish,
disburden, disembarrass, disencumber, downplay, dulcify, dull,
ease, ease matters, engorge, extenuate, feast, feed, fill, fill up,
foment, free, give relief, glut, gorge, gratify, jade,
keep within bounds, lay, lay the dust, lenify, lessen, lighten,
lull, mitigate, moderate, modulate, mollify, numb, obtund,
overdose, overfeed, overfill, overgorge, oversaturate, overstuff,
pacify, pad, pall, palliate, placate, play down, poultice,
pour balm into, pour balm on, pour oil on, propitiate, quench,
quiet, quieten, reduce, reduce the temperature, regale, release,
relieve, restrain, salve, sate, satiate, satisfy, saturate, settle,
slacken, slake, slow down, smooth, smooth down, smooth over,
smother, sober, sober down, soften, soothe, stifle, still, stuff,
stupe, subdue, supersaturate, suppress, surfeit, tame, temper,
tone down, tranquilize, tune down, underplay, weaken
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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