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alleviated

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al·le·vi·ate  (-lv-t)
tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates
To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.
[Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin allevire, allevit-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]
al·levi·ation n.
al·levi·ator n.
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Adj.1.alleviated - (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear
eased, relieved
mitigated - made less severe or intense; "he gladly accepted the mitigated penalty"


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The pain of separation, however, might be alleviated on his side, by preparations for the reception of his bride; as he had reason to hope, that shortly after his return into Hertfordshire, the day would be fixed that was to make him the happiest of men.
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Carbury's couch, and in the means of conveying her from the bedchamber to the drawing-room, which alleviated the poor lady's sufferings and brightened her gloomy life.
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