Palliate

//ˈpælieɪt// adj, verb

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Hidden, concealed. obsolete
  2. 2
    (of a cure) superficial or temporary. obsolete, rare

    "All his industry and sales, did in your estate make but a palliate cure."

Verb
  1. 1
    To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.

    "And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for London to help deprived children in London."

  2. 2
    provide physical relief, as from pain wordnet
  3. 3
    To hide or disguise. obsolete
  4. 4
    lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of wordnet
  5. 5
    To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. figuratively

    "April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard We extenuate not our guilt : whatever we sin , we condemn it as mortal : they palliate wickedness , with the fair pretence of veniality"

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  1. 6
    To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. obsolete

    ""Ah, dearest!" replied he, "your spirits are exhausted,—perhaps unconsciously oppressed with the idea of that future whose pain and whose peril I have rather heightened than palliated.""

  2. 7
    To placate or mollify.

    "Bradly stopped dead, too confounded to be appalled. Young Podson! Impossible! He had last seen young Podson, a bank clerk, on the seat of a pub verandah in an inland town ninety miles away, Bradly's last painting town. A noosance, young Podson, only to be palliated on a pub verandah after dinner."

  3. 8
    past participle of palliate (all senses) form-of, obsolete, participle, past

    "[the] most helpful method of its Cure, which yet if palliate and imperfect would onely make way to more fatal Sickness"

Etymology

Etymology 1

The verb was inherited from Middle English palliaten (“To palliate (a disease), relieve the symptoms of (a patient); to extenuate (an offense); to conceal, hide”), the adjective and participle from its participle palliat(e); further borrowed either from Middle French pallier or directly from Latin palliātus, perfect passive participle of palliō (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“a cloak”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology 2

The verb was inherited from Middle English palliaten (“To palliate (a disease), relieve the symptoms of (a patient); to extenuate (an offense); to conceal, hide”), the adjective and participle from its participle palliat(e); further borrowed either from Middle French pallier or directly from Latin palliātus, perfect passive participle of palliō (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“a cloak”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

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