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Verb [English]

IPA: /əˈli.vi.eɪt/ Audio: en-us-alleviate.ogg [US] Forms: alleviates [present, singular, third-person], alleviating [participle, present], alleviated [participle, past], alleviated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviāre (“to lighten; to alleviate”). By surface analysis, al- + Latin lev- + -i- + -ate. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la-lat|alleviatus}} Borrowed from Late Latin alleviatus, {{surf|en|al-#Etymology_2|la:levis|-i-|-ate<id:verb>|alt2=lev-}} By surface analysis, al- + Latin lev- + -i- + -ate Head templates: {{en-verb}} alleviate (third-person singular simple present alleviates, present participle alleviating, simple past and past participle alleviated)
  1. (transitive) To reduce or lessen the severity of a pain or difficulty. Tags: transitive Synonyms: address, allay, ameliorate, assuage, ease, mitigate, quell, relieve Translations (make less severe): خَفَّفَ (ḵaffafa) (Arabic), لَطَّفَ (laṭṭafa) (Arabic), سَكَّنَ (sakkana) (Arabic), մեղմել (meġmel) (Armenian), մեղմացնել (meġmacʻnel) (Armenian), yüngülləşdirmək (Azerbaijani), asanlaşdırmaq (Azerbaijani), змякча́ць (zmjakčácʹ) [imperfective] (Belarusian), উপশম (upośom) (Bengali), облекча́вам (oblekčávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), смекча́вам (smekčávam) [imperfective] (Bulgarian), mitigar (Catalan), pal·liar (Catalan), 舒緩 /舒缓 (shūhuǎn) (Chinese Mandarin), 緩解 /缓解 (huǎnjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), 緩和 /缓和 (huǎnhé) (Chinese Mandarin), 減輕 /减轻 (jiǎnqīng) (alt: as in 减轻痛苦 (jiǎnqīng tòngkǔ, “to alleviate suffering”)) (Chinese Mandarin), lindre (note: of pain) (Danish), mildne (note: of pain) (Danish), hjælpe på (note: of pain) (Danish), lette (english: make easier) (Danish), dulme (note: of pain) (Danish), tage brodden af (note: of pain) (Danish), milderen (Dutch), temperen (Dutch), verlichten (Dutch), verzachten (Dutch), mildigi (Esperanto), moderigi (Esperanto), kergendama (Estonian), leevendama (Estonian), lætta (Faroese), linna (Faroese), helpottaa (Finnish), lievittää (Finnish), adoucir (French), calmer (French), soulager (French), alléger (French), réduire (French), aliviar (Galician), შემსუბუქება (šemsubukeba) (Georgian), mildern (German), lindern (German), abschwächen (German), ανακουφίζω (anakoufízo) (Greek), καταπραΰνω (katapraÿ́no) (Greek), הֵקֵל (hekél) (Hebrew), enyhít (Hungarian), csillapít (Hungarian), létta (Icelandic), កាត់បន្ថយ (kat bɑntʰɑɑy) (Khmer), សម្រាល (sɑmraal) (Khmer), lēniō (Latin), lindre (Norwegian), قیرمق (kırmak) (Ottoman Turkish), łagodzić (Polish), aliviar (Portuguese), ușura (Romanian), alina (Romanian), calma (Romanian), облегча́ть (oblexčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), смягча́ть (smjaxčátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), уменьша́ть (umenʹšátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), снима́ть (snimátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), aotromaich (Scottish Gaelic), ublažiti (Slovene), omiliti (Slovene), olajšati (Slovene), aliviar (Spanish), aleviar (Spanish), lindra (Swedish), mildra (Swedish), avhjälpa (Swedish), บรรเทา (ban-tao) (Thai), เปลื้อง (bplʉ̂ʉang) (Thai), ปลดเปลื้อง (Thai), azaltmak (Turkish), dindirmek (Turkish), hafifletmek [law] (Turkish), поле́гшувати (poléhšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), пом'я́кшувати (pomʺjákšuvaty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), אױפֿמונטערן (oyfmuntern) (Yiddish), לינדערן (lindern) (Yiddish), פֿאַרלײַכֿטערן (farlaykhtern) (Yiddish), פֿאַרגרינגערן (fargringern) (Yiddish), מילדערן (mildern) (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-alleviate-en-verb-s7Ff~WV4 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English terms prefixed with al- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with al-: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'make less severe': 56 44
  2. (transitive), (finance) to pay down partially. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-alleviate-en-verb-Xyz-xriP Categories (other): Finance, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, English terms interfixed with -i-, English terms prefixed with al-, English terms suffixed with -ate (verb), Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Armenian translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Bengali translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Faroese translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Khmer translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations, Terms with Slovene translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Thai translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Yiddish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 91 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 13 87 Disambiguation of English terms interfixed with -i-: 29 71 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with al-: 48 52 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ate (verb): 36 64 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 26 30 30 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 32 32 4 2 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Armenian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Bengali translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Faroese translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Khmer translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 35 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 19 81 Disambiguation of Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Slovene translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Thai translations: 20 80 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 21 79 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 22 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Yiddish translations: 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alleviated, alleviatingly, alleviation, alleviative, alleviator

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} alleviate
  1. second-person plural present subjunctive of allevare Tags: form-of, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive Form of: allevare
    Sense id: en-alleviate-it-verb-IlD2-TYa Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 26 30 30 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 32 32 4 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 15 5
  2. inflection of alleviare:
    second-person plural present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: form-of, indicative, plural, present, second-person, subjunctive Form of: alleviare
    Sense id: en-alleviate-it-verb-JFW2KoIJ Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 4 26 30 30 6 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 28 32 32 4 2 Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 15 5
  3. inflection of alleviare:
    second-person plural imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, plural, second-person Form of: alleviare
    Sense id: en-alleviate-it-verb-CZWz~AfW Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 38 42 15 5
  4. feminine plural of alleviato Tags: feminine, form-of, plural Form of: alleviato
    Sense id: en-alleviate-it-verb-8CE-FPmI

Verb [Latin]

Forms: alleviāte [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|participle form|head=alleviāte}} alleviāte
  1. vocative masculine singular of alleviātus Tags: form-of, masculine, participle, singular, vocative Form of: alleviātus
    Sense id: en-alleviate-la-verb-nbs3mgPl Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "roman": "zmjakčácʹ",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "উপশম"
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          "word": "pal·liar"
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          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "lang_code": "cmn",
          "roman": "shūhuǎn",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "舒緩 /舒缓"
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "verlichten"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "mildigi"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
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          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "moderigi"
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "kergendama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "lang_code": "et",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "leevendama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "lang_code": "fo",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lætta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "lang_code": "fo",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "linna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "helpottaa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "lang_code": "fi",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "lievittää"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "adoucir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "calmer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "soulager"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "alléger"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "lang_code": "fr",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "réduire"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "lang_code": "gl",
          "sense": "make less severe",
          "word": "aliviar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "56 44",
          "code": "ka",
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    "Terms with Bengali translations",
    "Terms with Bulgarian translations",
    "Terms with Catalan translations",
    "Terms with Danish translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
    "Terms with Esperanto translations",
    "Terms with Estonian translations",
    "Terms with Faroese translations",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Khmer translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian translations",
    "Terms with Ottoman Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Scottish Gaelic translations",
    "Terms with Slovene translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Thai translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Yiddish translations"
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "word": "смекча́вам"
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      "word": "mitigar"
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    {
      "alt": "as in 减轻痛苦 (jiǎnqīng tòngkǔ, “to alleviate suffering”)",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "word": "linna"
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lievittää"
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      "word": "adoucir"
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      "word": "calmer"
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      "word": "alléger"
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      "word": "réduire"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aliviar"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "შემსუბუქება"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "word": "lindern"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "abschwächen"
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ανακουφίζω"
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      "code": "el",
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      "word": "καταπραΰνω"
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      "code": "he",
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      "roman": "hekél",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "הֵקֵל"
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "enyhít"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "lang_code": "hu",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "csillapít"
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      "lang_code": "is",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "létta"
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "កាត់បន្ថយ"
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "សម្រាល"
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "lang_code": "no",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lindre"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "łagodzić"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aliviar"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ușura"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "calma"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "oblexčátʹ",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "облегча́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "смягча́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
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      "code": "ru",
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      "tags": [
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    {
      "code": "gd",
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      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aotromaich"
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      "code": "sl",
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      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ublažiti"
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    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "omiliti"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "lang_code": "sl",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "olajšati"
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      "code": "es",
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      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aliviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "aleviar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "lindra"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "mildra"
    },
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "lang_code": "sv",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "avhjälpa"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "ban-tao",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "บรรเทา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "roman": "bplʉ̂ʉang",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "เปลื้อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "lang_code": "th",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "ปลดเปลื้อง"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "azaltmak"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "dindirmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "lang_code": "tr",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "topics": [
        "law"
      ],
      "word": "hafifletmek"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "kırmak",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "قیرمق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "poléhšuvaty",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "поле́гшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "pomʺjákšuvaty",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "пом'я́кшувати"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "oyfmuntern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "אױפֿמונטערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "lindern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "לינדערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "farlaykhtern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "פֿאַרלײַכֿטערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "fargringern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "פֿאַרגרינגערן"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "lang_code": "yi",
      "roman": "mildern",
      "sense": "make less severe",
      "word": "מילדערן"
    }
  ],
  "word": "alleviate"
}

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          "allevare",
          "allevare#Italian"
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      ],
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          "alleviare",
          "alleviare#Italian"
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      ],
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      ],
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        [
          "alleviare",
          "alleviare#Italian"
        ]
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        }
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        "feminine plural of alleviato"
      ],
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          "alleviato",
          "alleviato#Italian"
        ]
      ],
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        "form-of",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "alleviate"
}

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      "form": "alleviāte",
      "tags": [
        "canonical"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "vocative masculine singular of alleviātus"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "alleviātus",
          "alleviatus#Latin"
        ]
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      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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