alleviate. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

The American Heritage^® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000.

alleviate

SYLLABICATION:	al·le·vi·ate
PRONUNCIATION:	-lv-t
TRANSITIVE VERB:	Inflected forms: al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See synonyms at relieve.
ETYMOLOGY:	Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin allevire, allevit-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see leg^wh- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:	al·levi·ation —NOUN al·levi·ator —NOUN


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