† allevatev.
Obsolete.
transitive. To make less burdensome, relieve. Also: to raise up, lift, elevate.Later examples may be misspellings or typographical errors for alleviate.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate
lithec897
lighteOE
lissea1000
stillc1000
alightOE
alithe?a1200
softc1225
swagec1330
abate?c1335
easea1374
accoya1375
allegea1375
stintc1374
slakea1387
assuage1393
planea1400
slecka1400
plasterc1400
soften?c1415
lighten?a1425
mitigate?a1425
relievec1425
asoftc1430
alleviate?a1475
allevya1500
sletcha1500
alleve1544
allevate1570
salve?1577
sweetena1586
smooth1589
disembitter1622
deleniate1623
slaken1629
tranquillitate1657
soothe1711
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering)
lissea1000
alightOE
allayc1225
softc1225
comfort1297
laya1300
eathea1325
allegea1375
appeasec1374
laska1375
slakea1387
releasea1393
balma1400
to bete one of one's balea1400
to cool a person's caresc1400
delivera1413
leggea1425
mitigate?a1425
repress?a1425
alleviate?a1475
allevya1500
alleve1544
leviate1545
lenify1567
allevate1570
ungrieve1589
straight1604
mulcify1653
balsama1666
solace1667
meliorate1796
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > upward movement > raising > make to go up or cause to rise [verb (transitive)] > raise
heave971
hevenOE
onheaveOE
rearOE
highOE
arearc1175
to set above (also aloft, high, on high)c1275
upbraidc1275
to set upc1290
lifta1300
upheavea1300
upraisea1300
upreara1300
enhancec1300
araise1303
hance1303
uplifta1340
lift1362
raisec1384
upbear1390
uphancec1390
advancea1393
haut?a1400
to put upa1400
verec1400
hainc1440
inhigh1483
elevate1497
uphigh1513
alifta1522
height1530
heighten1530
exalt1535
extol1549
sublevate1559
rouse?1567
attol1578
elate1578
vaunce1582
dight1590
higher1592
tower1596
to fetch up1612
relevate1620
screwa1625
transcend1635
stilt1649
allevate1696
stiltify1860
1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 2011/2 Let vs pray for our weake brethren and sisters sake, that it may please God to alleuate the greeuous and intolerable burden of these cruell daies.
1609 R. Cawdrey Table Alphabet. (ed. 2) Allevate [ed. 1604 allienate], asswage, or make more easie and light.
1696 Money masters all Things (1698) 39 He scarce can allevate his Feet off Ground.
1702 T. Brown tr. G. B. Gelli Circe iii. 96 What had he [sc. man] Wisdom given him for, but by its seasonable Intervention to soften and allevate whatever displeased him?
1759 J. Fortescue Diss., Ess. & Disc. II. 58 The general hypocrisy of mankind..may allevate it [sc. the offensiveness of being suspected of deceit].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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