Allay

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]

Part of speech: noun (n.)

Alloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

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.

Synonyms: alleviate; check; repress; assuage; appease; abate; subdue; destroy; compose; soothe; calm; quiet. See Alleviate.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak.

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.