Definitions for alleviator

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

al•le•vi•ateəˈli viˌeɪt(v.t.)-at•ed, -at•ing.

  1. to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate:

    to alleviate pain.

Origin of alleviate:

1425–75; < LL alleviātus, ptp. of alleviāre to lighten

al•le′vi•a`tor(n.)

Princeton's WordNet

  1. alleviator(noun)

    a therapist who makes suffering more endurable

  2. palliative, alleviant, alleviator(noun)

    remedy that alleviates pain without curing

Wiktionary

  1. alleviator(Noun)

    That who or which alleviates.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Alleviator(noun)

    one who, or that which, alleviates


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