English-Thai Dictionary

mitigate

VI ทำให้ อ่อนโยน ขึ้น  extenuate palliate exacerbate tam-hai-on-yon-kuan

 

mitigate

VI บรรเทา  ลดลง  อ่อน ลง  relieve ban-tao

 

mitigate

VT ทำให้ ลดน้อยลง  ทำให้ ทุเลา ลง  แบ่งเบา  บรรเทา  alleviate lessen moderate tam-hai-lod-noi-long

 

mitigate against

PHRV ทำให้ ยุ่งยาก  tam-hai-yung-yak

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MITIGATE

v.t.[L. mitigo, from mitis, soft, mild. ] 1. To alleviate, as suffering; to assuage; to lessen; as, to mitigate pain or grief.
And counsel mitigates the greatest smart.
2. To make less severe; as, to mitigate doom.
3. To abate; to make less rigorous; to moderate; as, to mitigate cold; to mitigate the severity of the season.
4. To temper; to moderate; to soften in harshness or severity.
We could wish that the rigor of their opinions were allayed and mitigated.
5. To calm; to appease; to moderate; as, to mitigate the fierceness of party.
6. To diminish; to render more tolerable; as, to mitigate the evils or calamities of life; to mitigate punishment.
7. To reduce in amount or severity; as, to mitigate a penalty.
8. To soften, or make mild and accessible; in a literal sense.
It was this opinion which mitigated kings into companions. [Unusual. ]

 

MITIGATED

pp. Softened; alleviated; moderated; diminished.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MITIGATE

Mit "i *gate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. & vb. n.Mitigating. ] Etym: [L. mitigatus, p.p. of mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive. ]

 

1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc. ; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.

 

2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons. [Obs. ] This opinion. .. mitigated kings into companions. Burke.

 

Syn. -- To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

mitigate

mit i gate |ˈmitəˌgāt ˈmɪdəˌɡeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make less severe, serious, or painful: he wanted to mitigate misery in the world. • lessen the gravity of (an offense or mistake ): (as adj. mitigating ) : he would have faced a prison sentence but for mitigating circumstances . DERIVATIVES mit i ga ble |-gibəl |adjective, mit i ga tor |-ˌgātər |noun, mit i ga to ry |-gəˌtôrē |adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated, ’ from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild. ’ usage: The verbs mitigate and militate have a similarity in form but are quite different in meaning. Mitigate means ‘make (something bad ) less severe, ’ ( he wanted to mitigate misery in the world ), while militate is nearly always used in constructions with against to mean ‘be a powerful factor in preventing ’ ( laws that militate against personal freedoms ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

mitigate

mitigate |ˈmɪtɪgeɪt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] make (something bad ) less severe, serious, or painful: drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem. • lessen the gravity of (an offence or mistake ): (as adj. mitigating ) : he would have faced a prison sentence but for mitigating circumstances . DERIVATIVES mitigable adjective, mitigator noun, mitigatory adjective ORIGIN late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated ’, from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild ’. usage: The verbs mitigate and militate do not have the same meaning, although the similarity of the forms leads many people to confuse them. Mitigate means ‘make (something bad ) less severe ’, as in drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem, while militate is nearly always used in constructions with against to mean ‘be a powerful factor in preventing ’, as in these disagreements will militate against the two communities coming together.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

mitigate

mitigate verb the worst symptoms have been mitigated: alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off, allay, ease, assuage, palliate, relieve, tone down. ANTONYMS aggravate. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD See alleviate . These notes show fine distinctions in meaning between closely related synonyms to help you find the best word.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

mitigate

mitigate verb drugs which mitigated the worst symptoms of the disease: alleviate, reduce, diminish, lessen, weaken, lighten, attenuate, take the edge off, allay, ease, assuage, palliate, cushion, damp, deaden, dull, appease, soothe, relieve, help, soften, temper, still, quell, quieten, quiet, tone down, blunt, dilute, moderate, modify, abate, lull, pacify, placate, mollify, sweeten, tranquillize, remit, extenuate, excuse, commute. ANTONYMS aggravate, increase, intensify. EASILY CONFUSED WORDS mitigate or militate? Mitigate and militate are frequently confused on account of their similarity in form, but their meanings are quite different. Mitigate means ‘make (something bad ) less severe ’, as in drainage schemes have helped to mitigate this problem, while militate is nearly always used in constructions with against to mean ‘be a powerful factor in preventing ’, as in these disagreements will militate against the two communities coming together. These notes clear up confusion between similar-looking pairs.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

mitigate

mit i gate /mɪ́təɡèɪt /動詞 他動詞 ｟かたく ｠〈苦痛 怒り 悲しみなど 〉を和らげる, 静める, 緩和する ; 〈刑罰など 〉を軽減する .