1. calm emotion or worry: to calm a strong emotion such as anger, or diminish and set at rest somebody’s fears or suspicions 2. relieve pain: to relieve or reduce the severity of pain or a painful emotion [ Old English ?lecgan “lay aside” (see lay1). The meaning was influenced by Old French aleger “lighten” and aleier “moderate”]
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