Verb: alleviate u'lee-vee,eyt
- Provide physical relief, as from pain
"This pill will alleviate your headaches";
- relieve, palliate, assuage
- Make easier
"The medication alleviated her symptoms";
- facilitate, ease, grease [informal]
Derived forms: alleviated, alleviating, alleviates
Type of: aid, ameliorate, amend, assist, better, help, improve, meliorate, mend
Encyclopedia: Alleviate