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(used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior elementOpposite pureSimilar impure
(used of metals) blended to obtain a desired propertyOpposite unblendedSimilar blended

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Al·loy′ transitive verb [past tense & past participle Alloyed (…); present participle & verbal noun Alloying.]

Origin: F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, noun, Ally, transitive verb, and cf. Allay.

1. To reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.

2. To mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.

3. To abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54