Citations:allay


 * 1485 – Thomas Malory. Le Morte Darthur, Book XVII, Chapter xix, leaf 359v
 * But now I truste to god the terme is come that my payn shall be alayed that I shall passe oute of this world so as it was promysed me longe ago.
 * "But now I trust to God the term is come that my pain shall be allayed, that I shall pass out of this world so as it was promised me long ago."


 * 1851 — Herman Melville. Moby Dick.
 * But it was especially the aspect of the three chief officers of the ship, the mates, which was most forcibly calculated to allay these colourless misgivings, and induce confidence and cheerfulness in every presentment of the voyage.