to palliate a pain

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• palliate — [pal′ē āt΄] vt. palliated, palliating [< pp. of LL palliare, to conceal, cloak, back form. < L palliatus, cloaked < pallium, a cloak] 1. to lessen the pain or severity of without actually curing; alleviate; ease 2. to make appear less… …   English World dictionary

• palliate — UK [ˈpælɪeɪt] / US [ˈpælɪˌeɪt] verb [transitive] Word forms palliate : present tense I/you/we/they palliate he/she/it palliates present participle palliating past tense palliated past participle palliated 1) formal to make something bad seem less …   English dictionary

• palliate — pal|li|ate [ˈpælieıt] v [T] formal [Date: 1400 1500; : Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of palliare to cover, hide , from Latin pallium; PALL2] to reduce the effects of illness, pain etc without curing them ▪ Chosen carefully, the oils may… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• palliate — Synonyms and related words: abate, adjust to, allay, alleviate, allow for, alter, anesthetize, appease, assuage, attemper, bank the fire, benumb, blunt, box in, camouflage, chasten, circumscribe, cloak, color, conceal, condition, condone,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• palliate — pal|li|ate [ pæli,eıt ] verb transitive 1. ) FORMAL to make something bad seem less serious 2. ) MEDICAL to reduce the pain or other bad effects of an illness without curing it completely …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• palliate — verb (T) formal 1 to reduce the unpleasant effects of illness, pain etc without curing them 2 to make a bad situation seem better than it really is by giving excuses palliation noun (U) …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium

• ease — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. comfort, luxury; rest, repose; content, enjoyment, complacency; relief; leisure, convenience; facility, readiness, expertness; unconstraint, naturalness. See pleasure, elegance. v. mitigate, lessen,… …   English dictionary for students

• relieve — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To replace] Syn. release, remove, take over for, cover for, spell*, discharge, force to resign; see also dismiss 1 , 2 , substitute 2 . 2. [To lessen] Syn. assuage, alleviate, soothe, comfort, allay, lighten, mitigate, ease …   English dictionary for students

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