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
- 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
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