alleviate
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alleviate /əˈliːvɪeɪt/
▶verb make (pain or difficulty) less severe.
– derivatives
alleviation noun,
alleviative adjective,
alleviator noun.
alleviation noun,
alleviative adjective,
alleviator noun.
– origin ME: from late L. alleviat-, alleviare ‘lighten’, from L. allevare, from ad- ‘to’ + levare ‘raise’, influenced by levis ‘light’.
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