alleviate

Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”).

• IPA^(key): /əˈli.vi.eɪt/

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alleviate (third-person singular simple present alleviates, present participle alleviating, simple past and past participle alleviated)

1. (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty.

   Synonyms: address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, quell, relieve

   Antonym: aggravate

   alleviate his pain

   Alcohol is often a cheap tool to alleviate the stress of a hard day.

Particularly used of pain or difficulty, with connotations of “lightening a load”.

alleviate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of allevare
2. inflection of alleviare:
   1. second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person plural imperative
3. feminine plural of alleviato

• alleatevi

alleviāte

1. vocative masculine singular of alleviātus