allayed

verb

1. 1

   To make quiet or put at rest; to pacify or appease; to quell; to calm.

   “to allay popular excitement”

2. 2

   To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate.

   “to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity”

3. 3

   To subside, abate, become peaceful.

4. 4

   To mix (metals); to mix with a baser metal; to alloy; to deteriorate.

5. 5

   (by extension) To make worse by the introduction of inferior elements.