allay
IPA: ʌɫˈeɪ
noun
- Alleviation; abatement; check.
- (obsolete) An alloy.
verb
- (transitive) To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
- (transitive) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- (archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- (archaic, by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
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Examples of "allay" in Sentences
- It took 20 minutes to allay the confusion.
- I want to allay the suffering of the world.
- The men chewed cornstalks to allay their thirst.
- The answers to the questions allay most of my cocerns.
- I hope this helps to allay the concerns expressed above.
- Initially he drank to allay the anxiety of going onstage.
- It would help allay confusion with other users in the future.
- I hope that the changes made will allay the concern expressed.
- The comments above allay my concerns enough to support this move.
- Most will develop ideas and thoughts to dissolve or allay the fear.
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