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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mitigated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Mitigating}.] [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}. | |
