About The Word Allay
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Allay Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Allay?
[v] satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
[v] lessen the intensity of; calm; as of anxieties and fears Synonyms | Synonyms for Allay: assuage | ease | quench | relieve | slake | still Related Terms | Find terms related to 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 | deaden | deaden the pain | de-emphasize | 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 See Also | abreact | comfort | console | consume | fill | fulfil | fulfill | have | ingest | meet | satisfy | solace | soothe | take | take in Allay In Webster's Dictionary \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.
2. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the
severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
It would allay the burning quality of that fell
poison. --Shak.
Syn: To alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate;
subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See
{Alleviate}.
\Al*lay"\, v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. ``When the rage allays.'' --Shak. \Al*lay"\, n. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.] \Al*lay"\, n. Alloy. [Obs.] --Chaucer. \Al*lay"\, v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] --Fuller. |
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