alleviare

  • 21Alleviate — Al*le vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should no others join capable… …

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  • 22Alleviated — Alleviate Al*le vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should no others… …

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  • 23Alleviating — Alleviate Al*le vi*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Alleviated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Alleviating}.] [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See {Alegge}, {Levity}.] 1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Should no others… …

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  • 24allege — transitive verb (alleged; alleging) Etymology: Middle English alleggen to submit in evidence or as justification, adduce, from Anglo French aleger, allegger, probably in part modification of Medieval Latin allegare, from Latin, to send as a… …

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  • 25alleviate — transitive verb ( ated; ating) Etymology: Late Latin alleviatus, past participle of alleviare, from Latin ad + levis light more at light Date: 15th century relieve, lessen: as a. to make (as suffering) more bearable < her …

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  • 26allege — allegeable, adj. alleger, n. /euh lej /, v.t., alleged, alleging. 1. to assert without proof. 2. to declare with positiveness; affirm; assert: to allege a fact. 3. to declare before a court or elsewhere, as if under oath. 4. to plead in support&#8230; …

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  • 27alleviate — /euh lee vee ayt /, v.t., alleviated, alleviating. to make easier to endure; lessen; mitigate: to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain. [1425 75; late ME alleviaten < LL alleviatus (ptp. of alleviare), equiv. to al AL + levi(s) light, not heavy +&#8230; …

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  • 28alijar — I (Derivado del ár. al sahara, eriales.) ► sustantivo masculino 1 AGRICULTURA Campo acotado que no se labra, destinado a pastos. SINÓNIMO dehesa 2 AGRICULTURA Casa de labor y explotación agrícola. SINÓNIMO …

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  • 29a- — 1. a ♦ Élément, du lat. ad, marquant la direction, le but à atteindre, ou le passage d un état à un autre (var. ad ; ac , af , ag , al , an , ar , as , at ) : amener, alunir, adoucir. ⇒ à. a 2. a ♦ Élément tiré du gr. exprimant la négation (« pas …

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  • 30alléger — (a lé jé ; la syllabe lé garde l accent aigu même devant une syllabe muette : j allége, j allégerai) v. a. 1°   Soulager d une partie d un fardeau, d une charge. Alléger un homme. Alléger un bateau. un vaisseau. 2°   Diminuer le poids d une chose …

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