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.
ALLAY
Al*lay", v. t.
Defn: To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak.
ALLAY
Al*lay", n.
Defn: Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.]
ALLAY
Al*lay", n.
Defn: Alloy. [Obs.] Chaucer.
ALLAY
Al*lay", v. t.
Defn: To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.