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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Palliative

Păl'li-a-tīve, a.

adjective

a. [Fr. palliatif, Pr. palliatiu, Sp. palliatiro, Pg. & It. palliativo.]

  1. Serving to extenuate by excuses or favorable representation; palliating; extenuating.
  2. Mitigating; alleviating; relieving, as pain or disease. Arbuthnot.

Păl'li-a-tīve, n.

noun

n. 1. That which extenuates. In his early years he had been what is called, by manner of palliative, a very gay young man. W. Scott. 2. That which mitigates, alleviates, or abates the violence of pain, disease, or other evil.