† palliateadj.n.

Forms: late Middle English 1600s palliat, late Middle English–1600s 1800s palliate, 1500s pallyate, 1500s palyate; Scottish pre-1700 palliat, pre-1700 palliate.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin palliātus.

Etymology: < classical Latin palliātus cloaked, wearing a pallium, also as noun, person wearing a pallium, philospher ( < pallium cloak (see pallium n.) + -ātus -ate suffix²); in post-classical Latin past participle of palliare to cloak, palliate (see palliate v.). In sense A. 3 after scientific Latin Palliata, former section name. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pæ·liˌĕt) /ˈpælɪət/.

Obsolete.

A. adj.

1. Cloaked; having its real nature concealed.

a. Predicatively.Sometimes used as a past participle.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective]

privya1398

palliate?a1425

beguiled1561

masked1567

covert1574

retired1596

remote1601

palliated1612

unsuspected1620

lapped1637

sopited1646

veiled1651

perdua1734

ulterior1735

screened1844

marzipanned1979

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 87^v More ouer þe cancre þat is olde & habituate in a membre and þat is infiltrate in veynez, neruez and bonez..it is better þat it be palliate [?c1425 Paris be hidde; L. pallietur] þan if it were cured.

?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 301 (MED) Þat it be palliate, i. couered or hid wiþ diete and with medecyne.

c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 517 (MED) Every offence at the fyrste tyme may be palliat with some cororable excus and by possibilite is wordy to have mercy.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Ci^v How oft hath falshode, semynge symplicite Lurked vnder ymage, of treuth so palyate.

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. iiij^v Thei sente the reuerent father Thomas Arundell..in habite palliate and dissimuled, into the citee of Paris.

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll1^v The fault..must be accomodate and palliate by dyets and medicines familiar.

c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 242 That was still the cloak under whilk was palliat all the wicked plotts aganis the Kirk of God.

b. attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective]

disguisyc1330

disguised1393

visured1577

latent1593

misguised1603

palliate1611

bemasked1620

dissembled1631

travested1656

incognito1676

incog1705

counterfeit1724

unconfessed1743

Waltham1748

camouflaged1918

the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a cloak or mantle > types of

palliate1611

bardocucullated1708

burnoused1846

ponchoed1865

raincaped1922

blue-mantled2007

1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie 128 That..may in matter bee a palliat or cloaked vsurie.

1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations iv. 100 God may..give us a treacherous setlement, a palliate peace.

1681 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 134 Collectors..of customs should neither by themselves nor by palliate interposed persons carry on a trade.

2. Of a cure: superficial or temporary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] > alleviating or superficial

palliative?a1425

palliating1621

palliatea1625

palliatory1665

alleviative1770

alleviatory1830

supportive1858

subcurative1917

a1625 W. Cope Apol. R. Cecil in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 131 All his industry and sales, did in your estate make but a palliate cure.

1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 30 Cardinal Poole..did not..absolve their Consciences from Restitution, but only made a palliate Cure.

3. Zoology. Of an opisthobranch gastropod: belonging to the former section Palliata, which comprised those having a pallium or mantle (cf. pallium n. 3b). rare.

ΚΠ

1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 656/1 Dorsal and ventral view of Pleurophyllidia lineata (Otto), one of the Phyllidiobranchiate Palliate Opisthobranchs.

B. n.

With the. Those who wear the cloak or pallium of a philosopher, regarded as a class. See pallium n. 1. rare.

ΚΠ

1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiii. xvi. 481 Least the communication of this name with the vulgar, should debase the proud..number of the..Palliate [L. palliatorum].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

palliatev.

Brit.

/ˈpalɪeɪt/, U.S.

/ˈpæliˌeɪt/

Forms: late Middle English– palliate, 1600s palliat.

Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palliate adj.

Etymology: < palliate adj. Compare post-classical Latin palliare to cloak, conceal (Augustine, 5th cent.), to play down the importance of, extenuate (from c1125 in British sources), to alleviate (1363 in Chauliac), Middle French, French pallier (c1300 in Old French in sense 4a, 1314 in sense 1).

1. transitive. To alleviate (a disease or its symptoms) without effecting a cure; to relieve or ease (physical or emotional suffering) temporarily or superficially; to mitigate the sufferings of.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > alleviate

palea1400

delivera1413

palliate?a1425

succour1526

pallify?1543

lenify1574

subdue1591

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 164 A rounde cauterie ad cetonem..for to palliate leprose men [?c1425 Paris to couere lepres].

1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method f. 60 They [sc. bone diseases] eyther bee neuer cured, or else onelie so palliated that they breake out againe.

a1714 J. Sharp Serm. (1738) V. ix. 284 He is but half a Physician; he hath palliated our sores and diseases, but he hath not removed them.

1743 H. Fielding Journey from This World to Next i. xxi. 183 The Loss of one we tenderly love..wants the Lenitive which palliates and softens every other Calamity; I mean that great Reliever, Hope.

1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xii. 442 Those animal, vegetable, and fossil substances, which are used to prevent, cure, or palliate diseases.

1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xxi. 277 That which cannot be cured may be palliated.

1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2678/1 A broad band of fabric..is buckled around the umbilical region of the body to serve as an abdominal supporter and for palliating umbilical hernia.

1918 V. Woolf Diary 4 May (1977) I. 147 He has no special gift or fortune to palliate life.

1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery iii. 78 You don't cure heart disease or kidney disease, you palliate it.

†2. transitive. To cover with or as with a cloak; to clothe; to shelter. Also figurative. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > as with garment

clothea1382

overclothea1425

garmenta1547

invest1548

palliate1548

overclad1591

vestite1598

clad1601

supervest1610

garb1648

1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxij Surmyse setfoorth and palliated with the vesture..of a professed veritee.

a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 60 Her sheep..are palliated under the coverture of the high-grown hedges of enclosures.

1656 S. Boulton Medicina Ded. sig. Aij^v It is the accustomed manner of our modern Writers, alwaies to palliate themselves under the Protection of some worthy Patron.

†3. transitive. To hide, conceal, disguise. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)]

heeleOE

forhelec888

i-hedec888

dernc893

hidec897

wryOE

behelec1000

behidec1000

bewryc1000

forhidec1000

overheleOE

hilla1250

fealc1325

cover1340

forcover1382

blinda1400

hulsterc1400

overclosec1400

concealc1425

shroud1426

blend1430

close1430

shadow1436

obumber?1440

mufflea1450

alaynec1450

mew?c1450

purloin1461

to keep close?1471

oversilec1478

bewrap1481

supprime1490

occulta1500

silec1500

smoor1513

shadec1530

skleir1532

oppressa1538

hudder-mudder1544

pretex1548

lap?c1550

absconce1570

to steek away1575

couch1577

recondite1578

huddle1581

mew1581

enshrine1582

enshroud1582

mask1582

veil1582

abscondc1586

smotherc1592

blot1593

sheathe1594

immask1595

secret1595

bemist1598

palliate1598

hoodwinka1600

overmaska1600

hugger1600

obscure1600

upwrap1600

undisclose1601

disguise1605

screen1611

underfold1612

huke1613

eclipsea1616

encavea1616

ensconcea1616

obscurify1622

cloud1623

inmewa1625

beclouda1631

pretext1634

covert1647

sconce1652

tapisa1660

shun1661

sneak1701

overlay1719

secrete1741

blank1764

submerge1796

slur1813

wrap1817

buttress1820

stifle1820

disidentify1845

to stick away1900

1598 F. Bacon Sacred Medit. in Essaies (new ed.) f. 21^v Hipocrites with their dissembling holinesse towards God doe palliate and couer their iniuries towardes men.

1658 L. Willan Orgula iii. ii. 40 Yet vainly do my thoughts avouch to what They cannot frame, and with a false apparrell Palliate my wound.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 120 However the name Faculty,..may by this appropriated term, seem a little to palliate the absurdity.

1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator sig. B2 What Faults we find among ourselves, it is certainly our Business to conceal, and palliate as much as possible.

1795 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 58 The bankruptcy of their India Company, long palliated, now stands confest.

1809 M. Edgeworth Almeria in Tales of Fashionable Life II. 109 Her name was printed among the list of subscribers, and there was no palliating the fact.

a. transitive. To disguise or misrepresent the gravity of (an offence, fault, etc.) esp. by means of an excuse; to extenuate, excuse.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > excuse (a person or fault) [verb (transitive)] > extenuate

whiteOE

gloze1390

colourc1400

emplasterc1405

littlec1450

polish?c1450

daub1543

plaster1546

blanch1548

flatter1552

extenuate1570

alleviate1577

soothe1587

mincea1591

soothe1592

palliate1604

sweeten1635

rarefy1637

mitigate1651

glossa1656

whitewash1703

qualify1749

1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. ii. sig. B1^v He giues good intelligence to my spirit, makes me vnderstand those weaknesses which others flattery palliate.

1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures ix. 27 This advice causing him to see his fault..he labored to have palliated it with certain excuses.

1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 13 May If you have ever so many ugly [qualities], they will be either palliated, or Jesuitically interpreted into good ones.

1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. iii. 215 They endeavoured to palliate what they could not justify.

1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 83 The illegal imprisonment cannot be explained away, and cannot be palliated.

1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 119 These considerations only slightly palliate his conduct.

1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 190 The casual laugh with which he palliated the remark did not make it the less direct.

1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions iii. viii. 115 Soliloquy allows Claudius full scope for his breathless malice. There is no need to equivocate or palliate his homicidal intent.

†b. transitive. To excuse (a person). Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > excuse (a person or fault) [verb (transitive)]

assoin?c1225

excusea1250

scusea1492

planea1513

salve1628

extenuate1741

palliate1862

1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I III. i. 9 As well endeavour to show that black is white, as to prove that any temptations you may have had can in the smallest degree palliate you.

†5. transitive. To indulge or satisfy (one's taste). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite

stanchc1315

queema1325

slakec1325

fill1340

servea1393

feedc1400

exploita1425

assuagec1430

astaunchc1430

slocken?1507

eslakec1530

sate1534

saturate1538

appease1549

glut1549

answer1594

exsatiate1599

embaitc1620

palliate1631

recreate1643

still1657

jackal1803

1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 154 I haue inserted these parcels of the Psalter, that by this occasion my Reader might palliate his taste with an Essay of our Ancestors old English.

a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 110 Next all the Candies, Preserves, all the Junkets..to palliate his taste.

†a. transitive. To make less emphatic or pronounced; to moderate, qualify, or tone down (an action, statement, etc.). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > the severity of (something)

mollifya1500

mitigate1571

palliate1665

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > tone down

temperc1000

modifyc1385

softenc1410

tame?a1500

qualify1536

temperatea1540

extenuate1561

supple1609

dilute1665

palliate1665

weaken1683

subdue1723

lower1780

modulate1783

to shade away1817

to water down1832

to water down1836

sober1838

veil1843

to tone down1847

to break down1859

soothe1860

tone1884

to key down1891

soft-pedal1912

1665 S. Pepys Diary 31 Dec. (1972) VI. 342 The great evil of this year..is the fall of my Lord of Sandwich, whose mistake about the Prizes hath undone him..though sent (for a little palliateing it) Imbassador into Spayne.

1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 135 The Author..is forc'd to palliate what he said about Mr. Harley's being an Accomplice by an Advertisement he has in his Paper last Night.

1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 489 This fanciful piece of beauty [sc. small feet] was probably invented by the ancient Chinese, to palliate their jealousy.

†b. intransitive. To take up a more moderate position, to compromise. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [verb (intransitive)]

to give and take1519

compoundc1547

to meet halfway1638

compromise1656

palliate1672

moderate1713

to split the difference1713

1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 223 Do you think the Christians would have palliated so far, and colluded with their Consciences?

1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxiv. 231 To obtain this time, you must palliate a little, and come into some seeming compromise.

c. transitive. To moderate the hostility of; to placate, mollify.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate

soft?c1225

queema1325

appeasec1374

pleasea1382

softena1382

mollifya1450

pacifya1500

apeace1523

temper1525

mitigatea1535

qualify?c1550

thaw1582

propitiate1583

aslake1590

smooth1608

to lay down1629

addulce1655

sweeten1657

acquiesce1659

gentle1663

palliate1678

placate1678

conciliate1782

to pour oil on the waters (also on troubled waters)1847

square1859

square1945

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A4 Yea, that I might them better palliate [1684 moderate], I did too with them thus Expostulate.

1978 R. Nixon RN: Memoirs 857 Kissinger..said that we would always regret it if we hurt innocent people in an effort to palliate the press.

1995 Sydney Morning Herald 30 May 8/6 The UN force was a substitute—a gigantic political bluff to palliate uneasy consciences.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	palliate
释义	† palliateadj.n. Forms: late Middle English 1600s palliat, late Middle English–1600s 1800s palliate, 1500s pallyate, 1500s palyate; Scottish pre-1700 palliat, pre-1700 palliate. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin palliātus. Etymology: < classical Latin palliātus cloaked, wearing a pallium, also as noun, person wearing a pallium, philospher ( < pallium cloak (see pallium n.) + -ātus -ate suffix²); in post-classical Latin past participle of palliare to cloak, palliate (see palliate v.). In sense A. 3 after scientific Latin Palliata, former section name. N.E.D. (1904) gives the pronunciation as (pæ·liˌĕt) /ˈpælɪət/. Obsolete. A. adj. 1. Cloaked; having its real nature concealed. a. Predicatively.Sometimes used as a past participle. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > keeping from knowledge > [adjective] privya1398 palliate?a1425 beguiled1561 masked1567 covert1574 retired1596 remote1601 palliated1612 unsuspected1620 lapped1637 sopited1646 veiled1651 perdua1734 ulterior1735 screened1844 marzipanned1979 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 87^v More ouer þe cancre þat is olde & habituate in a membre and þat is infiltrate in veynez, neruez and bonez..it is better þat it be palliate [?c1425 Paris be hidde; L. pallietur] þan if it were cured. ?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 301 (MED) Þat it be palliate, i. couered or hid wiþ diete and with medecyne. c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 517 (MED) Every offence at the fyrste tyme may be palliat with some cororable excus and by possibilite is wordy to have mercy. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Ci^v How oft hath falshode, semynge symplicite Lurked vnder ymage, of treuth so palyate. 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV Introd. f. iiij^v Thei sente the reuerent father Thomas Arundell..in habite palliate and dissimuled, into the citee of Paris. 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Ll1^v The fault..must be accomodate and palliate by dyets and medicines familiar. View more context for this quotation c1650 J. Row & J. Row Hist. Kirk Scotl. (1842) 242 That was still the cloak under whilk was palliat all the wicked plotts aganis the Kirk of God. b. attributive. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > means of concealment > [adjective] disguisyc1330 disguised1393 visured1577 latent1593 misguised1603 palliate1611 bemasked1620 dissembled1631 travested1656 incognito1676 incog1705 counterfeit1724 unconfessed1743 Waltham1748 camouflaged1918 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > wearing clothing > [adjective] > wearing clothing for body (and limbs) > wearing loose clothing > wearing a cloak or mantle > types of palliate1611 bardocucullated1708 burnoused1846 ponchoed1865 raincaped1922 blue-mantled2007 1611 R. Fenton Treat. Vsurie 128 That..may in matter bee a palliat or cloaked vsurie. 1649 H. Hammond Christians Obligations iv. 100 God may..give us a treacherous setlement, a palliate peace. 1681 in J. Lauder Decisions Lords of Council (1759) I. 134 Collectors..of customs should neither by themselves nor by palliate interposed persons carry on a trade. 2. Of a cure: superficial or temporary. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > [adjective] > alleviating or superficial palliative?a1425 palliating1621 palliatea1625 palliatory1665 alleviative1770 alleviatory1830 supportive1858 subcurative1917 a1625 W. Cope Apol. R. Cecil in J. Gutch Collectanea Curiosa (1781) I. 131 All his industry and sales, did in your estate make but a palliate cure. 1679 M. Prance Addit. Narr. 30 Cardinal Poole..did not..absolve their Consciences from Restitution, but only made a palliate Cure. 3. Zoology. Of an opisthobranch gastropod: belonging to the former section Palliata, which comprised those having a pallium or mantle (cf. pallium n. 3b). rare. ΚΠ 1883 E. R. Lankester in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 656/1 Dorsal and ventral view of Pleurophyllidia lineata (Otto), one of the Phyllidiobranchiate Palliate Opisthobranchs. B. n. With the. Those who wear the cloak or pallium of a philosopher, regarded as a class. See pallium n. 1. rare. ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. St. Augustine Citie of God xiii. xvi. 481 Least the communication of this name with the vulgar, should debase the proud..number of the..Palliate [L. palliatorum]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online September 2021). palliatev. Brit. /ˈpalɪeɪt/, U.S. /ˈpæliˌeɪt/ Forms: late Middle English– palliate, 1600s palliat. Origin: Formed within English, by conversion. Etymon: palliate adj. Etymology: < palliate adj. Compare post-classical Latin palliare to cloak, conceal (Augustine, 5th cent.), to play down the importance of, extenuate (from c1125 in British sources), to alleviate (1363 in Chauliac), Middle French, French pallier (c1300 in Old French in sense 4a, 1314 in sense 1). 1. transitive. To alleviate (a disease or its symptoms) without effecting a cure; to relieve or ease (physical or emotional suffering) temporarily or superficially; to mitigate the sufferings of. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > alleviate palea1400 delivera1413 palliate?a1425 succour1526 pallify?1543 lenify1574 subdue1591 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 164 A rounde cauterie ad cetonem..for to palliate leprose men [?c1425 Paris to couere lepres]. 1588 J. Read tr. F. Arcaeus Compend. Method f. 60 They [sc. bone diseases] eyther bee neuer cured, or else onelie so palliated that they breake out againe. a1714 J. Sharp Serm. (1738) V. ix. 284 He is but half a Physician; he hath palliated our sores and diseases, but he hath not removed them. 1743 H. Fielding Journey from This World to Next i. xxi. 183 The Loss of one we tenderly love..wants the Lenitive which palliates and softens every other Calamity; I mean that great Reliever, Hope. 1766 T. Amory Life John Buncle II. xii. 442 Those animal, vegetable, and fossil substances, which are used to prevent, cure, or palliate diseases. 1868 J. E. T. Rogers Man. Polit. Econ. xxi. 277 That which cannot be cured may be palliated. 1875 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. III. 2678/1 A broad band of fabric..is buckled around the umbilical region of the body to serve as an abdominal supporter and for palliating umbilical hernia. 1918 V. Woolf Diary 4 May (1977) I. 147 He has no special gift or fortune to palliate life. 1997 ‘S. Shem’ Mount Misery iii. 78 You don't cure heart disease or kidney disease, you palliate it. †2. transitive. To cover with or as with a cloak; to clothe; to shelter. Also figurative. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > condition of being external > covering > cover [verb (transitive)] > as with garment clothea1382 overclothea1425 garmenta1547 invest1548 palliate1548 overclad1591 vestite1598 clad1601 supervest1610 garb1648 1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VII f. xxxij Surmyse setfoorth and palliated with the vesture..of a professed veritee. a1636 T. Westcote View Devonshire 1630 (1845) 60 Her sheep..are palliated under the coverture of the high-grown hedges of enclosures. 1656 S. Boulton Medicina Ded. sig. Aij^v It is the accustomed manner of our modern Writers, alwaies to palliate themselves under the Protection of some worthy Patron. †3. transitive. To hide, conceal, disguise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > hiding, concealing from view > hide, conceal [verb (transitive)] heeleOE forhelec888 i-hedec888 dernc893 hidec897 wryOE behelec1000 behidec1000 bewryc1000 forhidec1000 overheleOE hilla1250 fealc1325 cover1340 forcover1382 blinda1400 hulsterc1400 overclosec1400 concealc1425 shroud1426 blend1430 close1430 shadow1436 obumber?1440 mufflea1450 alaynec1450 mew?c1450 purloin1461 to keep close?1471 oversilec1478 bewrap1481 supprime1490 occulta1500 silec1500 smoor1513 shadec1530 skleir1532 oppressa1538 hudder-mudder1544 pretex1548 lap?c1550 absconce1570 to steek away1575 couch1577 recondite1578 huddle1581 mew1581 enshrine1582 enshroud1582 mask1582 veil1582 abscondc1586 smotherc1592 blot1593 sheathe1594 immask1595 secret1595 bemist1598 palliate1598 hoodwinka1600 overmaska1600 hugger1600 obscure1600 upwrap1600 undisclose1601 disguise1605 screen1611 underfold1612 huke1613 eclipsea1616 encavea1616 ensconcea1616 obscurify1622 cloud1623 inmewa1625 beclouda1631 pretext1634 covert1647 sconce1652 tapisa1660 shun1661 sneak1701 overlay1719 secrete1741 blank1764 submerge1796 slur1813 wrap1817 buttress1820 stifle1820 disidentify1845 to stick away1900 1598 F. Bacon Sacred Medit. in Essaies (new ed.) f. 21^v Hipocrites with their dissembling holinesse towards God doe palliate and couer their iniuries towardes men. 1658 L. Willan Orgula iii. ii. 40 Yet vainly do my thoughts avouch to what They cannot frame, and with a false apparrell Palliate my wound. 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. xxi. 120 However the name Faculty,..may by this appropriated term, seem a little to palliate the absurdity. 1745 E. Haywood Female Spectator sig. B2 What Faults we find among ourselves, it is certainly our Business to conceal, and palliate as much as possible. 1795 G. Morris in J. Sparks Life G. Morris (1832) III. 58 The bankruptcy of their India Company, long palliated, now stands confest. 1809 M. Edgeworth Almeria in Tales of Fashionable Life II. 109 Her name was printed among the list of subscribers, and there was no palliating the fact. 4. a. transitive. To disguise or misrepresent the gravity of (an offence, fault, etc.) esp. by means of an excuse; to extenuate, excuse. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > excuse (a person or fault) [verb (transitive)] > extenuate whiteOE gloze1390 colourc1400 emplasterc1405 littlec1450 polish?c1450 daub1543 plaster1546 blanch1548 flatter1552 extenuate1570 alleviate1577 soothe1587 mincea1591 soothe1592 palliate1604 sweeten1635 rarefy1637 mitigate1651 glossa1656 whitewash1703 qualify1749 1604 J. Marston Malcontent i. ii. sig. B1^v He giues good intelligence to my spirit, makes me vnderstand those weaknesses which others flattery palliate. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures ix. 27 This advice causing him to see his fault..he labored to have palliated it with certain excuses. 1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius 13 May If you have ever so many ugly [qualities], they will be either palliated, or Jesuitically interpreted into good ones. 1777 W. Robertson Hist. Amer. I. iii. 215 They endeavoured to palliate what they could not justify. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) II. vi. 83 The illegal imprisonment cannot be explained away, and cannot be palliated. 1878 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. Eng. 18th Cent. I. i. 119 These considerations only slightly palliate his conduct. 1956 A. Wilson Anglo-Saxon Attitudes ii. i. 190 The casual laugh with which he palliated the remark did not make it the less direct. 1988 M. Charney Hamlet's Fictions iii. viii. 115 Soliloquy allows Claudius full scope for his breathless malice. There is no need to equivocate or palliate his homicidal intent. †b. transitive. To excuse (a person). Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > excuse (a person or fault) [verb (transitive)] assoin?c1225 excusea1250 scusea1492 planea1513 salve1628 extenuate1741 palliate1862 1862 M. B. Betham-Edwards John & I III. i. 9 As well endeavour to show that black is white, as to prove that any temptations you may have had can in the smallest degree palliate you. †5. transitive. To indulge or satisfy (one's taste). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > contentment or satisfaction > be content or satisfied with [verb (transitive)] > content or satisfy > a desire or appetite stanchc1315 queema1325 slakec1325 fill1340 servea1393 feedc1400 exploita1425 assuagec1430 astaunchc1430 slocken?1507 eslakec1530 sate1534 saturate1538 appease1549 glut1549 answer1594 exsatiate1599 embaitc1620 palliate1631 recreate1643 still1657 jackal1803 1631 J. Weever Anc. Funerall Monuments 154 I haue inserted these parcels of the Psalter, that by this occasion my Reader might palliate his taste with an Essay of our Ancestors old English. a1632 T. Taylor God's Judgem. (1642) ii. vii. 110 Next all the Candies, Preserves, all the Junkets..to palliate his taste. 6. †a. transitive. To make less emphatic or pronounced; to moderate, qualify, or tone down (an action, statement, etc.). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > the severity of (something) mollifya1500 mitigate1571 palliate1665 the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > reduce in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (transitive)] > tone down temperc1000 modifyc1385 softenc1410 tame?a1500 qualify1536 temperatea1540 extenuate1561 supple1609 dilute1665 palliate1665 weaken1683 subdue1723 lower1780 modulate1783 to shade away1817 to water down1832 to water down1836 sober1838 veil1843 to tone down1847 to break down1859 soothe1860 tone1884 to key down1891 soft-pedal1912 1665 S. Pepys Diary 31 Dec. (1972) VI. 342 The great evil of this year..is the fall of my Lord of Sandwich, whose mistake about the Prizes hath undone him..though sent (for a little palliateing it) Imbassador into Spayne. 1711 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1889) III. 135 The Author..is forc'd to palliate what he said about Mr. Harley's being an Accomplice by an Advertisement he has in his Paper last Night. 1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 489 This fanciful piece of beauty [sc. small feet] was probably invented by the ancient Chinese, to palliate their jealousy. †b. intransitive. To take up a more moderate position, to compromise. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > compromise > [verb (intransitive)] to give and take1519 compoundc1547 to meet halfway1638 compromise1656 palliate1672 moderate1713 to split the difference1713 1672 A. Marvell Rehearsal Transpros'd i. 223 Do you think the Christians would have palliated so far, and colluded with their Consciences? 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa II. xxxiv. 231 To obtain this time, you must palliate a little, and come into some seeming compromise. c. transitive. To moderate the hostility of; to placate, mollify. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > bring to peace (strife or discord) [verb (transitive)] > appease or propitiate soft?c1225 queema1325 appeasec1374 pleasea1382 softena1382 mollifya1450 pacifya1500 apeace1523 temper1525 mitigatea1535 qualify?c1550 thaw1582 propitiate1583 aslake1590 smooth1608 to lay down1629 addulce1655 sweeten1657 acquiesce1659 gentle1663 palliate1678 placate1678 conciliate1782 to pour oil on the waters (also on troubled waters)1847 square1859 square1945 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress Author's Apol. sig. A4 Yea, that I might them better palliate [1684 moderate], I did too with them thus Expostulate. View more context for this quotation 1978 R. Nixon RN: Memoirs 857 Kissinger..said that we would always regret it if we hurt innocent people in an effort to palliate the press. 1995 Sydney Morning Herald 30 May 8/6 The UN force was a substitute—a gigantic political bluff to palliate uneasy consciences. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.?a1425v.?a1425
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