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Meaning of allay
noun
- Alleviation; abatement; check.
- An alloy.
verb
- To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm. Example: to allay popular excitement
- To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate. Example: to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
- To subside, abate, become peaceful.
- To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
Source: Free Dictionary API.
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