PALLIATE
\pˈalɪˌe͡ɪt], \pˈalɪˌeɪt], \p_ˈa_l_ɪ__ˌeɪ_t]\
Definitions of PALLIATE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1920 - A dictionary of scientific terms.
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By Princeton University
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
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To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
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To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
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To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
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Covered with a mante; cloaked; disguised.
By Oddity Software
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Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
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To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
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To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
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To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
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Covered with a mante; cloaked; disguised.
By Noah Webster.
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To excuse or cause to appear less wrong; as, to palliate a fault; lessen or abate the severity or painfulness of; as, to palliate disease.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald