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alleviate(dictionary)
alleviate(dictionary)

alleviate (iou)



alleviate verb trans. Pa. pple & ppl adjective -ated, -ate. LME.
[Late Latin alleviat- pa. ppl stem of alleviare lighten, from Latin allevare, from ad AL-1 + levare raise, infl. by levis light: see -ATE3.]
Make less burdensome or severe; relieve, mitigate. LME.
Diminish the weight of. L15-M17.
Extenuate (an offence). L17-L18.
alleviative adjective & noun (rare) (something) tending to alleviate L16.
alleviator noun a person who or thing which alleviates M17.
alleviatory adjective of an alleviating nature or tendency M19.