† alethev.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To alleviate, moderate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]
temperc1000
keelc1175
slakea1300
abate?c1335
settle1338
swagea1340
modifyc1385
rebatea1398
bate1398
moder1414
releasea1425
remiss?a1425
moderate1435
alethe?1440
delaya1450
appal1470
addulce1477
mollify1496
mean?a1513
relent1535
qualify1536
temperatea1540
aplake1578
slack1589
relaxate1598
milden1603
mitigate1611
relax1612
alleniate1615
allay1628
alloy1634
castigate1653
smoothen1655
tendera1656
mitify1656
meeken1662
remitigate1671
obviscate1684
slacken1685
chastise1704
dulcify1744
absorb1791
demulceate1817
chasten1856
modulate1974
mediate1987
tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) xi. l. 434 Yet leef a litel hole out at to brethe Their hetes estuant forto alethe [L. foramine, quo aestuantia uina suspirent].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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