Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary - alleviate
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Alleviate
alleviate
(alleviates, alleviating, alleviated) If you alleviate pain, suffering, or an unpleasant condition, you make it less intense or severe. (FORMAL) Nowadays, a great deal can be done to alleviate back pain. = ease ? aggravate VERB: V n • alleviation Their energies were focussed on the alleviation of the refugees’ misery. N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
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transitive verb (-ated; -ating) Etymology: Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare, from Latin ad- + levis light — more at light Date: 15th century relieve, lessen: as a. to make (as suffering) more bearable her sympathy ~d his distress b. to partially remove or correct measures taken to ~ a labor shortage Synonyms: see relieve • alleviation noun • alleviator noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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v.tr. lessen or make less severe (pain, suffering, etc.). Derivatives alleviation n. alleviative adj. alleviator n. alleviatory adj. Etymology: LL alleviare lighten f. L allevare (as AD-, levare raise) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. облегчать, смягчать (боль, страдание) to alleviate sorrows —- облегчать горе her sympathy alleviated his distress —- ее сочувствие умерило его отчаяние 2. мед. частично снимать (симптомы) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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~ v to make something less painful or difficult (a medicine to alleviate cold symptoms | measures to alleviate poverty) - alleviation n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from L.L. alleviatus, pp. of alleviare "to lighten," from L. ad- "to" + levis "light (in weight)." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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