verb · transitive · rare

allay

allay · allays · allayed · allaying

заспокоїти, заспокоювати

успокоить, успокаивать, успокоиться

beruhigen, erleichtern, dämpfen, lindern

To make quiet or put at restTo make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

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/əˈleɪ/

» Our fears have been allayed.

Meaning

5 senses

(transitive)To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
to allay popular excitement
to allay the tumult of the passions
beruhigen, dämpfen
(transitive)To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
erleichtern, lindern
(intransitive, obsolete)To subside, abate, become peaceful.
(archaic)To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
(archaic, broadly)To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

More definitions

lessen the intensity of or calm
satisfy (thirst)

Examples

7 sentences

Our fears have been allayed.
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By love alone is enmity allayed.
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His calm words allayed my fear.
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This medicine will allay the pain.
deDieses Medikament wird den Schmerz lindern.
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She tried to allay their fears but only ended up heightening them.
deSie hat versucht, ihre Ängste zu beschwichtigen, aber sie hat sie nur noch verstärkt.
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Translations

4 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 2

to make quiet or put at rest:

to alleviate:

Origin

From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, lay

From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, lay down, lay aside, throw down, give up, cease from, abandon; put down, allay, suppress, abolish, conquer, destroy, overcome, refute; lay upon, inflict, impose upon; diminish, take away, refuse, lessen, withhold”), from Proto-Germanic *uzlagjaną (“to lay down”), equivalent to a- + lay. Cognate with German erlegen (“to impose, cause to succumb, kill”), Gothic 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (uslagjan, “to lay down”). In Middle English the word was identical to forms of allege and alloy, leading to much overlapping of senses.

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