Allay
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Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): (v. t.) To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
(2): (n.) Alloy.
(3): (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.
(4): (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
(5): (v. t.) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
(6): (n.) Alleviation; abatement; check.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [2]
a - lā ´ (הניח , hēnı̄aḥ , "to cause to rest," "soothe": "Gentleness allayeth (lit., "pacifieth") great offenses" ( Ecclesiastes 10:4 )): The word is applied to what "excites, disturbs and makes uneasy" (Smith, Synonyms Discriminated , 106).
