The definition of alleviate is to make something easier to deal with or endure.
(verb)An example of alleviate is to take pain killers to ease the tension of a headache.
See alleviate in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb alleviated, alleviating
Origin: ME alleviaten < LL alleviatus, pp. of alleviare, for L allevare < ad-, to + levis, light
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transitive verb al·le·vi·at·ed, al·le·vi·at·ing, al·le·vi·ates
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Origin: Middle English alleviaten
Origin: , from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten
Origin: : Latin ad-, ad-
Origin: + levis, light; see legwh- in Indo-European roots
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