allay

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. 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. To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside. "When the rage allays." Shak. Alleviation; abatement; check. [Obs.] Alloy. [Obs.] Chaucer. To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate. [Archaic] Fuller.

Length: 5Scrabble® value: 8Words With Friends® value: 9

Numerology value: 6 (Pythagorean letter-sum). See what this number means on NumberAngel.

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