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v. To reduce the intensity of; relieve: allay back pains. See Synonyms at relieve.

v. To calm or pacify; set to rest: allayed the fears of the worried citizens.

v. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

v. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

v. To subside, become peaceful.

v. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

v. To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm

v. To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

v. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.

n. Alleviation; abatement; check.

n. Alloy.

v. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

To lay down; cause to lie; lay: as, to allay the dust.

To lay aside; set aside; suppress; annul.

To put down; humble; overthrow.

To put down; quiet; assuage; pacify, appease, calm, as a commotion of the elements, or, figuratively, civil commotions, mental excitement, or an agitated person.

To abate, mitigate, or subdue; relieve or alleviate: as, to allay misery or pain; to allay the bitterness of affliction.

Synonyms Alleviate, Relieve, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay (see alleviate), calm, quiet, soothe, compose, still, lull, tranquilize, check, repress, soften, ease, moderate.

To abate; subside; grow calm.

n. That which allays, lightens, or alleviates.

To mix, as metals; especially, to mix a nobler with a baser metal; alloy. See alloy, v., I.

Figuratively, to mix with something inferior; contaminate or detract from.

To temper; abate or weaken by mixture; dilute, as wine with water; weaken; diminish.

n. The act or process of alloying; an alloy.

n. Figuratively, admixture, especially of something inferior.

n. Mixture; dilution.

To cite; quote; allege.

n. In hunting, the act of laying on the hounds; the addition of fresh hounds to the cry.

v. lessen the intensity of or calm

v. satisfy (thirst)

"Another fear Obama isn't going to be able to allay is that of the effects of spending a few trillion bucks we don't have: higher taxes, higher national debt, higher inflation ..."

allayed    allaying    allays   

satisfy    fill    fulfill    meet    fulfil   

calm    destroy    appease    repress    check    soothe    abate    subdue    compose    alleviate   

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