Both Uses of
alleviate
in
Jane Eyre
- She was not, I was told, in the hospital portion of the house with the fever patients; for her complaint was consumption, not typhus: and by consumption I, in my ignorance, understood something mild, which time and care would be sure to alleviate.†
Chpt 9 *
- I replied, that nothing ailed me save anxiety of mind, which I hoped soon to alleviate.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(alleviate) to lessen something that is bad -- especially to lessen pain