ALLAY
\ɐlˈe͡ɪ], \ɐlˈeɪ], \ɐ_l_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of ALLAY
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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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.
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To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
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To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
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Alleviation; abatement; check.
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Alloy.
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To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
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To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
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Alleviation; abatement; check.
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Alloy.
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To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
By Noah Webster.
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To quiet or calm; to assuage; to appease; to pacify; to abate or lessen; as, to allay pain or grief.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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