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palliate en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /ˈpælieɪt/
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  • /ˈpæliət/

Etymology

The verb was inherited from Middle English palliaten (“To palliate (a disease), relieve the symptoms of (a patient); to extenuate (an offense); to conceal, hide”), the adjective and participle from its participle palliat(e); further borrowed either from Middle French pallier or directly from Latin palliātus, perfect passive participle of palliō (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“a cloak”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. (obsolete) Hidden, concealed.
  2. (obsolete, rare) (of a cure) superficial or temporary.
    • All his industry and sales, did in your estate make but a palliate cure. (Can we date this quote?), (Please provide the book title or journal name):

Forms

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more palliate Degree=Cmp lexicographic
most palliate Degree=Sup lexicographic

palliate en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

The verb was inherited from Middle English palliaten (“To palliate (a disease), relieve the symptoms of (a patient); to extenuate (an offense); to conceal, hide”), the adjective and participle from its participle palliat(e); further borrowed either from Middle French pallier or directly from Latin palliātus, perfect passive participle of palliō (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“a cloak”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Meanings

  1. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
    • And if there are some bankers out there who are still embarrassed by the size of their bonuses, then I propose that they palliate their guilt by giving to the Mayor's Fund for London to help deprived children in London. 2009, Boris Johnson, The Evening Standard, 15 Jan 09:
  2. (obsolete) To hide or disguise.
  3. (figuratively) To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
    • The young clergyman, after a few hours of privacy, was sensible that the disorder of his nerves had hurried him into an unseemly outbreak of temper, which there had been nothing in the physician's words to excuse or palliate. 1850, Nathaniel Hawthorne, chapter 10, in The Scarlet Letter, a Romance, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, →OCLC, page 164:
    • April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard We extenuate not our guilt : whatever we sin , we condemn it as mortal : they palliate wickedness , with the fair pretence of veniality
  4. (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
    • If, mindless of palliating circumstances, we are bound to regard the death of the Master-at-arms as the prisoner's deed, then does that deed constitute a capital crime whereof the penalty is a mortal one? 1924, Herman Melville, chapter 18, in Billy Budd, London: Constable & Co.:
    • "Ah, dearest!" replied he, "your spirits are exhausted,—perhaps unconsciously oppressed with the idea of that future whose pain and whose peril I have rather heightened than palliated." 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXXVI, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume III, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 300:
  5. To placate or mollify.
    • [Gordon] Brown's options for the machinery of Whitehall are constrained, as for all prime ministers, by the need to palliate allies and hug enemies close (John Reid, say). 2007 January 25, David Walker, “Looking towards a Brown future”, in The Guardian:
    • Bradly stopped dead, too confounded to be appalled. Young Podson! Impossible! He had last seen young Podson, a bank clerk, on the seat of a pub verandah in an inland town ninety miles away, Bradly's last painting town. A noosance, young Podson, only to be palliated on a pub verandah after dinner. 1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 65:
  6. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past) past participle of palliate (all senses)
    form of palliate
    • [the] most helpful method of its Cure, which yet if palliate and imperfect would onely make way to more fatal Sickness 1661, John Fell, The life of the most learned, reverend, and pious Dr. H. Hammond:

Forms

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palliated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
palliated Tense=Past lexicographic
palliates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
palliating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

palliator · palliatory

Relateds

palla · palliative · pallium · palliation

Translations (54)

sv bagatellisera (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl złagodzić (to relieve the symptoms of) · fr pallier (to relieve the symptoms of) · fr soulager (to relieve the symptoms of) · de beschönigen (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl przykrywać (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl obłaskawiać (to placate or mollify) · pl uśmierzać (to relieve the symptoms of) · fi hyvitellä (to placate or mollify) · nl vergoelijken (obsolete: to lessen the severity of) · sv mildra (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · ca encobrir (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl łagodzić (obsolete: to lessen the severity of) · pl udobruchać (to placate or mollify) · nl afzwakken (obsolete: to lessen the severity of) · sv förringa (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · fr atténuer (to relieve the symptoms of) · sv överskyla (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · tr hafifletmek (to relieve the symptoms of) · pl ukryć (obsolete: to hide or disguise) · ca dissimular (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl przykryć (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl uśmierzyć (to relieve the symptoms of) · tr örtbas etmek (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · es cohonestar (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · ca remeiar (to relieve the symptoms of) · sv lindra (to relieve the symptoms of) · es encubrir (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · es disimular (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · de lindern (to relieve the symptoms of) · pt remediar (to relieve the symptoms of) · pl obłaskawić (to placate or mollify) · sv släta över (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · ca pal·liar (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · bg прикривам (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · fi selitellä (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · nl verzachten (obsolete: to lessen the severity of) · pl łagodzić (to relieve the symptoms of) · ca atenuar (to relieve the symptoms of) · fr remèdier à (to relieve the symptoms of) · pt atenuar (to relieve the symptoms of) · ca mitigar (to relieve the symptoms of) · ca pal·liar (to relieve the symptoms of) · tr dindirmek (to relieve the symptoms of) · tr yatıştırmak (to relieve the symptoms of) · bg смекчаяам (to placate or mollify) · bg премълчавам (obsolete: to hide or disguise) · es paliar (to relieve the symptoms of) · pl ukrywać (obsolete: to hide or disguise) · bg облекчавам (to relieve the symptoms of) · sv skyla över (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies) · pl złagodzić (obsolete: to lessen the severity of) · fi lievittää (to relieve the symptoms of) · es paliar (to cover or disguise the seriousness of something by excuses and apologies)