Mitigate (verb)
mit-i-gayt
Make (something bad) less severe, serious, or painful.
Late Middle English: from Latin mitigat- ‘softened, alleviated’, from the verb mitigare, from mitis ‘mild’.
Example sentences
“It was shown the actions did some work to mitigate the effects on residents.”
Lurdan (noun) lur-dn A lazy, stupid, loutish fellow. 1250–1300; Middle English, Middle French lourdin dullard, equivalent to lourd heavy, dull (more…)
