Both Uses
allay
in
The Scarlet Pimpernel
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- She noted—with that acute sense of hers—that she had succeeded in completely allaying Sir Andrew's fears.†
Chpt 13 *allaying = reducing the intensity of or calming
- Sir Andrew had no doubt guessed the many conflicting doubts and fears which raged in honest Jellyband's head; and, as he was a gallant gentleman, he tried by this brave hint to allay some of the worthy innkeeper's suspicions.†
Chpt 21
Definitions:
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(1)
(allay) reduce the intensity of; or calm
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)