单词 | mitigative |
释义 | mitigativen.adj. Something that mitigates or alleviates; a soothing remedy, palliative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > one who or that which mitigates or moderates slakea1300 mitigativea1398 allayerc1487 slaker?1518 assuager1547 abater1583 mollifier1583 mitigator1586 moderator1589 softener1599 rebater1601 lightener?1611 allay1614 swager1617 mitigation1622 temperer1630 alleviator1665 alleviative1672 sheather1762 soberera1849 buffer1858 charmer1871 suppressant1884 modifier1890 moderant1897 shock-absorber1924 a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add.) f. 103v Also many oþir diuers medicines þer beþ, as..repercussiues, mytigatiues, swaginge, & oþir suche. a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 217 (MED) Leie þerto mitigatiuis for to do awei þe akynge. c1460 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1934) ii. 736 Ayer of nature..[is] a gret mytigatiff [v.r. medegatyf]. c1530 Remedy of Love Prol. 20 Whiche may the feruence of loue aslake To the louer, as a mitigatiue. 1574 G. Baker tr. Composition Oleum Magistrale sig. Div An approoued Mitigatiue or appeaser of pain. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. xx. 70 A good mitigative, it [sc. wild Purcellane] is of paine, if it be applied as a cataplasme to wounds with oile and Barley groats. B. adj. Tending or serving to mitigate, alleviating; (formerly) spec. †soothing, palliative (also with of) (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > making less violent or severe > mitigating or alleviating mitigativea1400 swaging1483 mitiganta1538 mitigatory1598 delenifical1656 alleviative1770 a1400 tr. Lanfranc Sci. Cirurgie (Ashm.) (1894) 235 Þou schalt ȝeue him medicyns..þat ben mitigatif for to take awey þe akynge. c1475 tr. Henri de Mondeville Surgery (Wellcome) f. 156 (MED) Þe pacient schal be anoyntid wiþ an oile þat is metigatif. ?1541 R. Copland Formularie of Helpes of Woundes & Sores in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Xjv The fyfth fourme is vnguentum dulce mollyfycatyfe, resolutyfe, and mytygatyfe of the paynes of ye synewes. 1566 W. Ward tr. G. Ruscelli Secretes iii. i. 49 b A playster mitigatiue, and very gentle for Cankers. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mitigatif, mitigatiue, lenitiue, appeasiue. 1896 F. B. Money-Coutts Poems 19 Where is writ..one mitigative word? 1913 Polit. Sci. Q. 28 738 A similar mitigative policy was evident in the viceroy's speech. 1996 Jrnl. Appl. Ecol. 33 1403 Access management will be of limited mitigative value if habituation and mortality levels are not minimized. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adj.a1398 |
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