alleviate

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"More cautious utilization of blood might help to alleviate, at in least part, a diminished blood supply that might result from such a change in policy," said study director and senior investigator David Gerber, DO, Cooper University Hospital.

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  1. transitive verb To make (pain, for example) more bearable: a drug that alleviates cold symptoms. See Synonyms at relieve.

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  • But refuse to tolerate cruelty, suffering, unfairness, bullying, jealousy, apathy, despair, cynicism or hate, in yourself or others -- alleviate it, disarm it, discharge it, whatever it takes to stop these negative emotions and activities, and appreciate that they're signs of sickness, not evil. —  How to Save the World
  • Then there is the rest of the post-Gaza mess: a humanitarian emergency to alleviate, the further weakening of America's regional allies, notably including the Palestinian Authority, and a new wave of anger in the region directed at America and its Israeli ally. —  The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
  • Wherever there is any grief to alleviate, a heroic act to accomplish, the Count of Monte-Cristo is always on the spot You have a good opinion of me," said the count, deprecatingly; "and then, who was it that took care that the Zouave Coucou was sent here in order to console the poor mother Pah, that was only Christian duty; and besides, Captain Joliette bears among his superiors an excellent name. —  The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I
  • We can only delay its progress--alleviate the pain it causes. —  North and South
  • And all so amiably alleviate, —  Rolling Stones
 

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  1. Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten : Latin ad-, ad- + levis, light; see legwh- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare, adleviare, for L. allevare, adlevare, lighten, alleviate, from ad, to, + levare, lift up, lighten, from levis, light, not heavy: see levity. Cf. allege and allere.
 

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