Allaying

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

"to allay popular excitement"

2.verbTo alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

"to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity"

3.verbTo subside, abate, become peaceful.

4.verbTo mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

5.verb(by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

6.nounAn allayment.

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