Allay

Definition:

  • (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.
  • (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
  • (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
  • (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
  • (n.) Alloy.
  • (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

Compare allay with other words:

allay vs. placid

allay vs. alway

allay vs. impute

allay vs. curt

allay vs. mollify

allay vs. palliate

allay vs. conciliate

allay vs. dispel

allay vs. lessen

allay vs. alley

allay vs. slake

allay vs. ally

allay vs. ease

allay vs. allayment

allay vs. slocken

allay vs. allayer

allay vs. refrigerant

allay vs. relieve

allay vs. clam

allay vs. hush

allay vs. solace

allay vs. assuage

allay vs. ameliorate

allay vs. soothe

allay vs. dwindle

allay vs. delay

allay vs. check

abatement vs. allay

allay vs. alleviation

allay vs. deteriorate

allay vs. alloy

allay vs. subside

allay vs. mitigate

allay vs. alleviate

allay vs. calm

allay vs. quell

allay vs. appease

allay vs. pacify

allay vs. quiet

allay vs. rest

allay vs. antifebrine

abate vs. allay