Both Uses of
allay
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- This furious music allayed his dread and, leaning against the windowledge, he let his eyelids close again.†
Chpt 2 *
- The sad quiet grey-blue glow of the dying day came through the window and the open door, covering over and allaying quietly a sudden instinct of remorse in Stephen's heart.†
Chpt 4
Definition:
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(allay) reduce the intensity of; or calm