Alleviate ( page 33 ).
Questions.
1. How does alleviate differ from relieve? from remove? 2. Is alleviate used of persons? 3. What are the special significations of abate? assuage? mitigate? moderate? 4. How does alleviate compare with allay? (Compare synonyms for ALLAY.)
Examples.
To pity distress is but human; to —— it is Godlike.
But, O! what mighty magician can ——
A woman's envy?