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alleviate

/əˈliːvɪeɪt/
verb
[with object]
Make (suffering, deficiency, or a problem) less severe.

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’.

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