alleviating

Variant of alleviate

alleviate definition

al·le·vi·ate (ə lē′vē āt′)

transitive verb alleviated -·at′ed, alleviating -·at′·ing

  1. to make less hard to bear; lighten or relieve (pain, suffering, etc.)
  2. to reduce or decrease to alleviate poverty

Etymology: ME alleviaten < LL alleviatus, pp. of alleviare, for L allevare < ad-, to + levis, light

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