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Definition of Alleviate
1. Verb. Provide physical relief, as from pain. "This pill will relieve your headaches"
Specialized synonyms: Soothe, Comfort, Ease
Generic synonyms: Ameliorate, Amend, Better, Improve, Meliorate
Derivative terms: Alleviant, Alleviation, Alleviation, Alleviative, Alleviator, Alleviator, Alleviatory, Assuagement, Palliation, Palliative
2. Verb. Make easier. "You could facilitate the process by sharing your knowledge"
Generic synonyms: Aid, Assist, Help
Derivative terms: Easing, Facilitation, Facilitation, Facilitative, Facilitator
Definition of Alleviate
1. v. t. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
Definition of Alleviate
1. Verb. (transitive) To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alleviate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Medical Definition of Alleviate
1. 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. "Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense." (Evelyn) "Those large bladders . . . Conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds]" (Ray) 2. 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. "The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters." (Bp. Horsley) 3. To extenuate; to palliate. "He alleviates his fault by an excuse." (Johnson) Synonym: To lessen, diminish, soften, mitigate, assuage, abate, relieve, nullify, allay. To Alleviate, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay. These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate one's cares. Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow. Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst. To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility. Origin: LL. Alleviare, fr. L. Ad + levis light. See Alegge, Levity. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
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