Definition of alleviate

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Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate..

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Alleviated :: Alleviated (imp. & p. p.) of Alleviat.
Lighten :: Lighten (v. t.) To make less burdensome or afflictive; to alleviate; as, to lighten the cares of life or the burden of grief..
Alegge :: Alegge (v. t.) To allay or alleviate; to lighten.
Mitigatory :: Mitigatory (a.) Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.
Chloroform :: Chloroform (n.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain..
Levigate :: Levigate (a.) Made less harsh or burdensome; alleviated.
Allege :: Allege (v. t.) To alleviate; to lighten, as a burden or a trouble..
Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Lenify :: Lenify (v. t.) To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief..
Alleviate :: Alleviate (v. t.) To extenuate; to palliate.
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor..
Ease :: Ease (n.) To render less painful or oppressive; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Palliate :: Palliate (a.) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
Allay :: Allay (v. t.) To alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; as, to allay the severity of affliction or the bitterness of adversity..
Antalgic :: Antalgic (n.) A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
Console :: Console (v. t.) To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
Alleviator :: Alleviator (n.) One who, or that which, alleviates..
Alleviative :: Alleviative (a.) Tending to alleviate.
Alleviative :: Alleviative (n.) That which alleviates.
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