单词 | allayment |
释义 | allay1, earlier aleye, alay, etc. /ə-lāˈ/transitive verb
To abate ORIGIN: OE ālecgan, from pfx ā- (intensive), and lecgan to lay. This verb in ME became indistinguishable in form in some of its parts from allay2 or alloy, and from allege2, and the meanings also overlapped allayˈer noun allayˈing noun allayˈment noun |
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