Thesaurus: allay

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1. 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.
2. v. t. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
3. v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
4. n. Alleviation; abatement; check.
5. n. Alloy.
6. v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
7. v. lessen the intensity of or calm
8. v. satisfy (thirst)
9. 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. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.] Alloy. [Obs.] Chaucer. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.
10. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rageallays." Shak.
11. v:100 v lessen the intensity of or calm v satisfy (thirst)