allay
Alleviation; abatement; checkAlleviation; abatement; check.
» Our fears have been allayed.
Meaning
2 sensesAlleviation; abatement; check.
(obsolete)An alloy.
Examples
7 sentencesOur fears have been allayed.
By love alone is enmity allayed.
His calm words allayed my fear.
This medicine will allay the pain.
deDieses Medikament wird den Schmerz lindern.
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.
Origin
From Middle English alayen, aleyen, aleggen, from Old English āleċġan (“to put, place, layFrom 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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