alleviate

Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare (“to lighten”) (ad- (“towards”) + levis (“light”)). Doublet of alegge.

• IPA^(key): /ə.li.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 make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.

   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”.

• address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, relieve

• (to make less severe): aggravate

alleviate

1. second-person plural present subjunctive of allevare
2. second-person plural present indicative of alleviare
3. second-person plural imperative of alleviare
4. second-person plural present subjunctive of alleviare
5. feminine plural of alleviato

• alleatevi

alleviāte

1. vocative masculine singular of alleviātus