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Alloyed definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALLOY'ED, pp. Mixed; reduced in purity; debased; abated by foreign mixture.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (used of metals) debased by mixture with an inferior element
2: (used of metals) blended to obtain a desired property

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Alloy Al*loy", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alloyed; p. pr. & vb. n. Alloying.] [F. aloyer, OF. alier, allier, later allayer, fr. L. aligare. See Alloy, n., Ally, v. t., 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.