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▪ I. † aˈlleviate, ppl. a. Obs.
[ad. L. alleviāt-us, pa. pple. of alleviā-re to lighten, f. al- = ad- to + levis light. Used for some time as pa. pple.]
1. Lightened in weight.
1471Ripley Comp. Alch. in Ashm. 1652, v. xxxix. 157 Pursys, wyth pounds so aggravate, Whych by Phylosophy be now allevyat.
2. Extenuated, palliated.
1671True Non-Conf. 34 That which you call cruelty..will quickly be alleviat to moderation.
▪ II. alleviate, v.|əˈliːvɪeɪt|
[f. prec. ‘Reckoned by Heylin, in 1656, among uncouth and unusual words.’ Todd.]
†1. To make lighter, diminish the weight of. Obs.
1665–6Phil. Trans. I. 157 Such as have exact Wheel-Barometers may try whether Odors or Fumes do alleviate the Air.
2. To lighten, or render more tolerable, or endurable; to relieve, mitigate. Also absol.
1528Paynell tr. Salernes Regiment 22 Milk..alleviateth the griefes of the breast. a1656Bp. Hall Balm of Gil. i. §ii. (1863) 6 To alleviate the sorrows of their heavy partners. 1712Steele Spect. No. 450 ⁋3, I..found means to alleviate, and at last conquer my Affliction. 1871G. H. Napheys Prevent. Dis. iii. ii. 619 To alleviate the sufferings of the invalid. 1876Mozley Univ. Serm. v. 120 Hope alleviates the sorrow of that home. 1888Mrs. H. Ward R. Elsmere xli, The constant effort to serve and to alleviate.
†3. To lighten the gravity of (an offence); to extenuate, palliate. Obs.
1768Blackstone Comm. IV. 15 The violence of passion, or temptation, may sometimes alleviate a crime. 1777R. Watson Philip II (1793) II. xiv. 181 They began to alleviate the outrages of the soldiers. |