All 3 Uses of
alleviate
in
Alias Grace
- I am very well, and making considerable headway here, in my study of nervous and cerebral diseases among the criminal element, which, if the key to them may be found, would go a long way towards alleviating ….†
Chpt 4
- Next he proceeded to the many new discoveries which were being made — Dr. Laycock's bromide therapy for epileptics, for example, which should put paid to a great many erroneous beliefs and superstitions; the investigation of the structure of the brain; the use of drugs in both the induction and the alleviation of hallucinations of various sorts.†
Chpt 9
- My Son is at present making a tour of Private Mental Asylums and Clinics in Europe, an investigation very necessary to the work he is engaged upon - work of the utmost significance, which will alleviate human suffering,
Chpt 14 *alleviate = decrease (lessen something bad)
Definition:
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(alleviate) to lessen something that is bad -- especially to lessen pain