ALLAY

= = Allay

Part of speech: verb

Definition: to calm or pacify, set to rest; lessen or relieve

Synonyms: reduce, alleviate, moderate

Antonyms: aggravate, exacerbate, intensify

 Rather than pacify his varmint of a wife and remind her of her status, Macbeth allowed her words to allay his belief in the Great Chain of Being and commenced to play out his tragedy.



Once the sheer multitude of superheros became too much to ignore, Batman and Superman allayed the competition to save the worlds by creating the Justice League-- to allay the super-villain problem around the world and the seven seas. AdanAH