[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alleviate \alle"viate\, v. t. imp.  p. p. alleviated; p.
   pr.  vb. n. alleviating. ll. alleviare, fr. l. ad +
   levis light. see alegge, levity.
   1. to lighten or lessen the force or weight of. obs.
      1913 webster

            should no others join capable to alleviate the
            expense.                              --evelyn.
      1913 webster

            those large bladders . . . conduce much to the
            alleviating of the body of flying birds. --ray.
      1913 webster

   2. to lighten or lessen physical or mental troubles; to
      mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate
      sorrow, pain, care, etc.; -- opposed to aggravate.
      1913 webster

            the calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is
            much alleviated by giving the use of letters. --bp.
                                                  horsley.
      1913 webster

   3. to extenuate; to palliate. r.
      1913 webster

            he alleviates his fault by an excuse. --johnson.
      1913 webster

   syn: to lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate;
        relieve; nullify; allay.

   usage: to alleviate, mitigate, assuage, allay. these
          words have in common the idea of relief from some
          painful state; and being all figurative, they differ
          in their application, according to the image under
          which this idea is presented. alleviate supposes a
          load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate
          one's cares. mitigate supposes something fierce which
          is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. assuage
          supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to
          assuage one's sorrow. allay supposes something
          previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay
          one's suffering or one's thirst. to alleviate the
          distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of
          passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry
          feeling; to allay wounded sensibility.
          1913 webster
see also:
alleviated alleviating alegge levity aggravate alleviate 
mitigate assuage allay 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

alleviated \alleviated\ adj.
   1. 1 made less severe or intense. unmitigated

   syn: eased, relieved, mitigated.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
unmitigated 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

alleviated
     adj : of pain or sorrow made easier to bear syn: eased, relieved
see also:
eased relieved 

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