Sekirov Dictionary

mitigate

/ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt/

verb 3
adjective 1
forms 7

verb3

•
To reduce, lessen, or decrease and thereby to make less severe or easier to bear.
- Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility. — 1795
•
(nonstandard) To give force or effect toward preventing a problem.
- We've mitigated against the chance of flooding.
To downplay.

adjective1

(no longer used) Mitigated, alleviated.

forms

mitigated · mitigating · mitigates · mitigateth · mitigatest · more mitigate · most mitigate

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