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alleviate Verb [-ating, -ated] to lessen (pain or suffering) [Latin levis light] alleviation n
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Difficult as this is to accomplish, it is still more difficult to persuade the human into any organised effort to alleviate the ill conditions of the lesser animals. It was his chief solace and satisfaction to alleviate individual distress, to confer favours upon worthy ones who had need of succour, to dazzle unfortunates by unexpected and bewildering gifts of truly royal magnificence, bestowed, however, with wisdom and judiciousness. and why should I not have some comrade with me to divide its dangers and alleviate its hardships? |
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