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faire habiter
, modérer
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Allay
- (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.
- (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
- (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
- (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
- (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
- (n.) Alloy.
Synonyms:
Assuage, Ease, Quench, Relieve, Slake, Still,
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• Allayment
- (n.) An allaying; that which allays; mitigation.
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• Allaying
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Allay
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