| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | al·le·vi·ate |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   -l  v- 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 legwh- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | al·levi·ation —NOUN
al·levi·ator —NOUN
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