Definition of allays Allays

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Verb
allay - lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears"
		still, relieve, ease
		console, solace, comfort, soothe lessen pain or discomfort; alleviate; "ease the pain in your legs"
		abreact discharge bad feelings or tension through verbalization
allay - satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
		quench, slake, assuage
		ingest, consume, take in, have, take engage fully; "The effort to pass the exam consumed all his energy"
		fulfil, fulfill, satisfy, fill, meet make happy or satisfied

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allay (Noun)
alleviation; abatement; check.
allay (Verb)
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
allay (Verb)
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
allay (Verb)
To subside, abate, become peaceful.
allay (Verb)
To mix metals; to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

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

allay
al-lā′, v.t. to lighten, relieve: to make quiet or calm.—n. Allay′ment (obs.), state of being allayed: state of rest: that which allays. [M. E. forms, aleggen, aleyen (A.S. a-lecgan; lecgan, causal of licgan, to lie); identical in form, and accordingly confounded in meaning with M. E. words of Latin origin; alegge (later allege, now obs.)—L. alleviāre; alaye (modern allay, alloy)—L. alligāre; aleye (obs.)—L. allegāre; alegge (modern allege)—Low L. ex-litigāre.]
allay
an obsolete form of Alloy