allay
/əˈleɪ/verb
High School
1
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
2
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
3
To subside, abate, become peaceful.
4
To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
5
To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.
Thesaurus
Sound Patterns & Rhymes
Alliteration
Words starting with the same consonant sound — used in poetry and prose to create rhythm, emphasis, and memorable phrasing (e.g. “Peter Piper picked”)
Assonance
Words sharing similar vowel sounds regardless of starting letter — creates internal melody in writing
#archaic#obsolete