Allay ( page 31 ).
Questions.
1. What is the distinction between allay and alleviate? Which word implies a partial removal of the cause of suffering, or an actual lightening of the burden? 2. With which of the above words are we to class appease, pacify, soothe, and the like? 3. With what words is alleviate especially to be grouped? (See synonyms for ALLEVIATE.)
Examples.
Such songs have power to ——
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Many a word, at random spoken
May —— or wound a heart that's broken!