allay

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

To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity

To subside, abate, become peaceful.

And the wynde alayed, and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?

For raging wind blows up incessant showers, And when the rage allays the rain begins.

To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.

Yet far be it from us to condemn all their works to be dross, because debased and allayed with superstitious intents […]

Alleviation; abatement; check.

An alloy.