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- Alleviate - v. t. - To lighten or lessen the force or weight of.
- Alleviate - v. t. - To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.
- Alleviate - v. t. - To extenuate; to palliate.
- Alleviated - imp. & p. p. - of Alleviate
- Chloroform - n. - A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce anaesthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.
- Console - v. t. - To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
- Antalgic - n. - A medicine to alleviate pain; an anodyne.
- Alleviate - v. t. - To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate.