See Also: palliate(medicine)
palliate(1)(dictionary)
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palliate(dictionary)

palliate(2) (iou)



palliate verb trans. LME.
[Late Latin palliat- pa. ppl stem of palliare cover, hide, conceal, from Latin PALLIUM: see -ATE3.]
1. Alleviate the symptoms of (a disease) without effecting a cure; relieve or ease (suffering) superficially or temporarily. LME.
J. E. T. Rogers That which cannot be cured must be palliated.
2. Disguise the gravity of (an offence or evil), esp. by excuses; extenuate, excuse. LME.
W. Robertson They endeavoured to palliate what they could not justify.
b. Cover with or as with a cloak; hide, conceal. M16-E19.
3. Make less emphatic or pronounced; moderate or tone down (a statement, action etc.). M17-L18.
palliator noun a person who offers extenuating considerations L18.
palliatory adjective (rare) = PALLIATIVE adjective M17.