vt to form a metallic compound.
2. alloy ·vt a baser metal mixed with a finer.
3. alloy ·vt to mix, as metals, so as to form a compound.
4. alloy ·vt the quality, or comparative purity, of gold or silver; fineness.
5. alloy ·vt admixture of anything which lessens the value or detracts from; as, no happiness is without alloy.
6. alloy ·vt to abate, impair, or debase by mixture; to allay; as, to alloy pleasure with misfortunes.
7. alloy ·vt to reduce the purity of by mixing with a less valuable substance; as, to alloy gold with silver or copper, or silver with copper.
8. alloy ·vt any combination or compound of metals fused together; a mixture of metals; for example, brass, which is an alloy of copper and zinc. but when mercury is one of the metals, the compound is called an amalgam.