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Entry 6 senses · 5 variants Webster, 1913

Allay

/əl-ā'/ · Al·lay · IPA /əˈleɪ/
01 v. t. 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.
imp. & p. p. Allayed; p. pr. & vb. n. Allaying
  1. 1.
    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.
  2. 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.
02 v. t. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
  1. 1.
    To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
03 n. Alleviation; abatement; check.
  1. 1.
    Alleviation; abatement; check.[Obs.]
04 n. Alloy.
  1. 1.
    Alloy.[Obs.]
05 v. t. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
  1. 1.
    To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.[Archaic]