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al·le·vi·ate (ə-lḗvē-āt́)

[Middle English alleviaten, from Late Latin alleviāre, alleviāt-, to lighten, Latin ad-, ad-, + levis, light.]

transitive verb: -at·ed, -at·ing, -ates. 

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

derivatives

al·lévi·átion
noun
al·lévi·átor
noun