1. allay - Noun
2. allay - Verb
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.
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity.
To diminish in strength; to abate; to subside.
Alloy.
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
Source: Webster's dictionaryThe cold water quenched his thirst Source: Internet
The news eased my conscience Source: Internet
still the fears Source: Internet
Altman 156–8 When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, Parker and Benchley were part of a "board of editors" established by Ross to allay concerns of his investors. Source: Internet
At the end of the war, perhaps to allay fears about its loyalty, Locris minted coins depicting a seated Rome being crowned by 'Pistis', a goddess personifying good faith and loyalty, and returned to the Roman fold. Source: Internet
However, Prime Minister Awn al-Khasawneh resigned abruptly after just six months having been unable to satisfy either the demands for reform or allay establishment fears of empowering the Islamist opposition. Source: Internet