Allays vs Allies - What's the difference?
allays | allies |
(allay)
To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.
To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.
(obsolete) To subside, abate, become peaceful.
* 1526 , William Tyndale, trans. Bible , Mark IV:
* Shakespeare
(archaic) To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.
—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet alleviation; abatement; check
As verbs the difference between allays and allies
is that allays is third-person singular of allay while allies is third-person singular of ally.As a noun allies is
plural of lang=en.As a proper noun Allies is
the countries allied against the Axis Powers during World War II. The major signatories included the United States, Soviet Union, Britain, France, Canada, and China.allays
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Verb
(head)allay
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete)Verb
(en verb)- to allay popular excitement
- to allay the tumult of the passions
- to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity
- And the wynde alayed , and there folowed a greate calme: and he sayde unto them: why are ye fearfull?
- When the rage allays .
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Quotations
He had to pretend to be drunk in order to allay the suspicions which might have been aroused by his appearance at the gate.—Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in A Study in Scarlet
