"palliate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpælieɪt/ [verb], /ˈpæliət/ [adjective] Audio: en-us-palliate.ogg [US] Forms: more palliate [comparative], most palliate [superlative]
Rhymes: -ælieɪt Etymology: From Latin palliatus (“cloaked”) (in Late Latin the past participle of palliare (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“cloak”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|palliatus||cloaked}} Latin palliatus (“cloaked”), {{uder|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|palliare||to cover with a cloak}} palliare (“to cover with a cloak”), {{m|la|pallium||cloak}} pallium (“cloak”) Head templates: {{en-adj}} palliate (comparative more palliate, superlative most palliate)
  1. (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-adj-EuvENmrY
  2. (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-adj-5XK6zA1Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 33 13 2 14 4 15 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 16 34 13 5 13 8 12

Verb

IPA: /ˈpælieɪt/ [verb], /ˈpæliət/ [adjective] Audio: en-us-palliate.ogg [US] Forms: palliates [present, singular, third-person], palliating [participle, present], palliated [participle, past], palliated [past]
Rhymes: -ælieɪt Etymology: From Latin palliatus (“cloaked”) (in Late Latin the past participle of palliare (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“cloak”). Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|palliatus||cloaked}} Latin palliatus (“cloaked”), {{uder|en|LL.|-}} Late Latin, {{m|la|palliare||to cover with a cloak}} palliare (“to cover with a cloak”), {{m|la|pallium||cloak}} pallium (“cloak”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} palliate (third-person singular simple present palliates, present participle palliating, simple past and past participle palliated)
  1. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. Translations (to relieve the symptoms of): облекчавам (oblekčavam) (Bulgarian), pal·liar (Catalan), mitigar (Catalan), atenuar (Catalan), remeiar (Catalan), lievittää (Finnish), pallier (French), atténuer (French), remèdier à (French), soulager (French), lindern (German), atenuar (Portuguese), remediar (Portuguese), paliar (Spanish), mitigar (Spanish), remediar (Spanish), atenuar (Spanish), lindra (Swedish), dindirmek (Turkish), yatıştırmak (Turkish), hafifletmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-verb-bcHlAbgS Disambiguation of 'to relieve the symptoms of': 93 1 2 1 3
  2. (obsolete) To hide or disguise. Tags: obsolete Translations (obsolete: to hide or disguise): премълчавам (premǎlčavam) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-verb-Op4efBT5 Disambiguation of 'obsolete: to hide or disguise': 1 86 10 2 1
  3. To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. Translations (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies): прикривам (prikrivam) (Bulgarian), pal·liar (Catalan), encobrir (Catalan), dissimular (Catalan), selitellä (Finnish), beschönigen (German), paliar (Spanish), cohonestar (Spanish), encubrir (Spanish), disimular (Spanish), förringa (Swedish), skyla över (Swedish), bagatellisera (Swedish), släta över (Swedish), mildra (Swedish), överskyla (Swedish), örtbas etmek (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-verb-sj7QCbfj Disambiguation of 'to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies': 2 24 69 1 3
  4. (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. Tags: obsolete Translations (obsolete: to lessen the severity of): verzachten (Dutch), afzwakken (Dutch), vergoelijken (Dutch)
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-verb-xbYx6CCd Disambiguation of 'obsolete: to lessen the severity of': 1 4 1 93 1
  5. To placate or mollify. Translations (to placate or mollify): смекчаяам (smekčajaam) (Bulgarian), hyvitellä (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-palliate-en-verb-Xr-58UtJ Disambiguation of 'to placate or mollify': 2 1 1 1 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: palliation, palliative, pallium

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.",
          "text": "If, mindless of palliating circumstances, we are bound to regard the death of the Master-at-arms as the prisoner's deed, then does that deed constitute a capital crime whereof the penalty is a mortal one?",
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          "text": "If, mindless of palliating circumstances, we are bound to regard the death of the Master-at-arms as the prisoner's deed, then does that deed constitute a capital crime whereof the penalty is a mortal one?",
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    {
      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "remèdier à"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "soulager"
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      "word": "lindern"
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      "sense": "to relieve the symptoms of",
      "word": "atenuar"
    },
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      "word": "remediar"
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      "code": "es",
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      "word": "lindra"
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      "sense": "to relieve the symptoms of",
      "word": "dindirmek"
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      "word": "yatıştırmak"
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      "word": "hafifletmek"
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      "sense": "obsolete: to hide or disguise",
      "word": "премълчавам"
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      "roman": "prikrivam",
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      "word": "прикривам"
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      "word": "pal·liar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "encobrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "word": "dissimular"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
      "word": "selitellä"
    },
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
      "word": "beschönigen"
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    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "cohonestar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
      "word": "encubrir"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "disimular"
    },
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
      "word": "förringa"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
      "word": "skyla över"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
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      "code": "sv",
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    },
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      "word": "mildra"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies",
      "word": "örtbas etmek"
    },
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      "sense": "obsolete: to lessen the severity of",
      "word": "verzachten"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "obsolete: to lessen the severity of",
      "word": "afzwakken"
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      "sense": "obsolete: to lessen the severity of",
      "word": "vergoelijken"
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      "roman": "smekčajaam",
      "sense": "to placate or mollify",
      "word": "смекчаяам"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to placate or mollify",
      "word": "hyvitellä"
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          "ref": "1661, John Fell, The life of the most learned, reverend, and pious Dr. H. Hammond",
          "text": "[the] most helpful method of its Cure, which yet if palliate and imperfect would onely make way to more fatal Sickness",
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