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mitigator|ˈmɪtɪgeɪtə(r)| Also 7–8 -er. [agent-n. f. L. mītigāre: see mitigate v.] One who or something which mitigates or alleviates; † a soothing remedy.
1605Timme Quersit. i. xiii. 53 A certain red ocre..which is..a great mitigator of all griefes and paines. 1656Ridgley Pract. Physick 257 Mitigaters are useful, either temperate or cold. 1711Shaftesbury Charac. (1737) III. 23 The highest glory which cou'd be attain'd by mortal man, was to be mitigator or moderator of that universal tyranny already establish'd. 1869Bushnell Wom. Suffrage vii. 139 They are no more mitigators now, but instigators rather. |