English-Thai Dictionary

alleviate

VT ทำให้ บรรเทา  relieve soothe allay tham-hai-ban-thao

 

alleviate

VT ทำให้ ลดลง  ทำให้ น้อยลง  tham-hai-lot-long

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ALLEVIATE

v.t.[Low L. allevio; ad and levo, to raise, levis, light. ] 1. To make light; but always in a figurative sense, as it is not applied to material objects. To remove in part; to lessen, mitigate, or make easier to be endured; applied to evils; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, punishment, a burden, etc. ; opposed to aggravate.
2. To make less by representation; to lessen the magnitude or criminality; to extenuate; applied to moral conduct; as, to alleviate an offense. [This sense of the word is rare. ]

 

ALLEVIATED

pp. Made lighter; mitigated; eased; extenuated.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ALLEVIATE

Al *le "vi *ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Alleviated; p. pr. & vb. n.Alleviating. ] Etym: [LL. alleviare, fr. L. ad + levis light. See Alegge, Levity. ]

 

1. To lighten or lessen the force or weight of. [Obs. ] Should no others join capable to alleviate the expense. Evelyn. Those large bladders... conduce much to the alleviating of the body [of flying birds ]. Ray.

 

2. To lighten or lessen (physical or mental troubles ); to mitigate, or make easier to be endured; as, to alleviate sorrow, pain, care, etc. ; -- opposed to aggravate. The calamity of the want of the sense of hearing is much alleviated by giving the use of letters. Bp. Horsley.

 

3. To extenuate; to palliate. [R.] He alleviates his fault by an excuse. Johnson.

 

Syn. -- To lessen; diminish; soften; mitigate; assuage; abate; relieve; nullify; allay. -- To Alleviate, Mitigate, Assuage, Allay. These words have in common the idea of relief from some painful state; and being all figurative, they differ in their application, according to the image under which this idea is presented. Alleviate supposes a load which is lightened or taken off; as, to alleviate one's cares. Mitigate supposes something fierce which is made mild; as, to mitigate one's anguish. Assuage supposes something violent which is quieted; as, to assuage one's sorrow. Allay supposes something previously excited, but now brought down; as, to allay one's suffering or one's thirst. To alleviate the distresses of life; to mitigate the fierceness of passion or the violence of grief; to assuage angry feeling; to allay wounded sensibility.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

alleviate

al le vi ate |əˈlēvēˌāt əˈliviˌeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem ) less severe: he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it | measures to alleviate unemployment. DERIVATIVES al le vi a tion |əˌlēvēˈāSHən |noun, al le vi a tor |-ˌātər |noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin alleviat- ‘lightened, ’ from the verb alleviare, from Latin allevare, from ad- ‘to ’ + levare ‘raise, ’ influenced by levis ‘light. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

alleviate

alleviate |əˈliːvɪeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem ) less severe: he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it | measures to alleviate unemployment. DERIVATIVES alleviation |-ˈeɪʃ (ə )n |noun, alleviative |-vɪətɪv |adjective, alleviator noun ORIGIN late Middle English: from late Latin alleviat- ‘lightened ’, from the verb alleviare, from Latin allevare, from ad- ‘to ’ + levare ‘raise ’, influenced by levis ‘light ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

alleviate

alleviate verb use ice to alleviate the swelling: reduce, ease, relieve, take the edge off, deaden, dull, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, mitigate, allay, assuage, palliate, damp, soothe, help, soften, temper. ANTONYMS aggravate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD alleviate, abate, allay, assuage, mitigate, relieve, temper To alleviate is to make something easier to endure (to alleviate the pain following surgery ); allay is often used interchangeably, but it also means to put to rest, to quiet or calm (to allay their suspicions ). Assuage and allay both suggest the calming or satisfying of a desire or appetite, but assuage implies a more complete or permanent satisfaction (we allay our hunger by nibbling hors d'oeuvres, but a huge dinner assuages our appetite ). To relieve implies reducing the misery or discomfort to the point where something is bearable (relieve the monotony of the cross-country bus trip ) and mitigate, which comes from a Latin word meaning to soften, usually means to lessen in force or intensity (mitigate the storm's impact ). Abate suggests a progressive lessening in degree or intensity (her fever was abating ). To temper is to soften or moderate (to temper justice with mercy ), but it can also mean the exact opposite: to harden or toughen something (tempering steel; a body tempered by lifting weights ).These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

alleviate

alleviate verb he couldn't prevent her pain, only alleviate it: reduce, ease, relieve, take the edge off, deaden, dull, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, allay, assuage, palliate, damp, soothe, help, soften, temper, control, still, quell, quieten, quiet, tone down, blunt, dilute, moderate, mitigate, modify, abate, lull, pacify, placate, mollify, sweeten; rare extenuate. ANTONYMS aggravate.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

alleviate

al le vi ate /əlíːvièɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈苦痛など 〉を (一時的に )軽減する, 〈問題など 〉を楽にする .al l è vi á tion 名詞 C 軽減 [緩和 ] (するもの ).