alleviate
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al·le·vi·ate
(ə-lē′vē-āt′)tr.v. al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates
1. To make (pain, for example) less intense or more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.
2. To lessen or reduce: alleviate unemployment.
[Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.]
al·le′vi·a′tion n.
al·le′vi·a′tor n.
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alleviate
(əˈliːvɪˌeɪt)vb
(tr) to make (pain, sorrow, etc) easier to bear; lessen; relieve
[C15: from Late Latin alleviāre to mitigate, from Latin levis light]
alˌleviˈation n
alˈleviative adj
alˈleviˌator n
Usage: See at ameliorate
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al•le•vi•ate
(əˈli viˌeɪt)v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate pain.
[1425–75; < Late Latin alleviātus, past participle of alleviāre to lighten]
al•le′vi•ant, n., adj.
al•le`vi•a′tion, n.
al•le′vi•a`tor, n.
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alleviate
- Can mean "diminish the weight of"; to alleviate is not to cure, but rather to lighten, lessen, or relieve to some degree.See also related terms for lessen.
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alleviate
Past participle: alleviated
Gerund: alleviating
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Verb | 1. | ![]() soothe - cause to feel better; "the medicine soothes the pain of the inflammation" ameliorate, improve, meliorate, amend, better - to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes" |
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alleviate
verb ease, reduce, relieve, moderate, smooth, dull, diminish, soften, check, blunt, soothe, subdue, lessen, lighten, quell, allay, mitigate, abate, slacken, assuage, quench, mollify, slake, palliate A great deal can be done to alleviate back pain. see ameliorate
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alleviate
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يُخَفِّف ، يُسَكِّن
ulevitutišitzmírnit
lettelindremildne
lina, draga úr
numalšinimasnumalšintipalengvinimaspalengvinti
atvieglotremdēt
uľahčiť
dindirmekhafifletmek
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
alleviate
[əˈliːvieɪt] vt [+ pain, suffering] → soulager; [+ symptoms] → atténuer; [+ poverty] → réduire; [+ stress, pressure] → réduire; [+ effects] → réduireCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
alleviate
vt → lindern
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
alleviate
(əˈliːvieit) verb to make an improvement by lessening (pain etc). The drugs will alleviate the pain.
alˌleviˈation nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
alleviate
v. aliviar, calmar, mejorar, atenuar.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
alleviate
vt aliviarEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.