Sekirov Dictionary

allay

/əˈleɪ/

verb 5
noun 2
forms 5

verb5

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To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- O love, be moderate, allay thy ecstacy, […] — 1596
•
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- […] and is the onlie last remedie for all debilities which haue long vexed the body through a hote distemper of the Lever, such as a hote Gutte; it allayeth all Inflamations inward & outward. — 1618
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(no longer used) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- And the wynde alayed, and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull? — 1526
(no longer used) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
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(no longer used) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
- Yet far be it from us to condemn all their works to be dross, because debased and allayed with superstitious intents […] — 1639

noun2

Alleviation; abatement; check.
(no longer used) An alloy.

forms

allayed · allaying · allayeth · allays · allayest

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