mitigate
mitigate · more mitigate · most mitigate
Mitigated, alleviatedMitigated, alleviated.
US/mˈɪtəɡˌeɪt/
» Friendly words will mitigate their fury.
Freundliche Worte werden ihre Wut abmildern. — Yorwba
swolesuki · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 senses(obsolete)Mitigated, alleviated.
Examples
21 sentencesFriendly words will mitigate their fury.
deFreundliche Worte werden ihre Wut abmildern. — Yorwba
Algeria needs to mitigate its vulnerabilities.
Ziri needs to mitigate this problem.
Kind words will mitigate their fury.
There were mitigating circumstances in his favour.
deFür ihn sprachen mildernde Umstände. — ludoviko
Origin
From Middle English mitigat(e) (“mitigated”, also used as the past participle of mitigatenFrom Middle English mitigat(e) (“mitigated”, also used as the past participle of mitigaten and of mitigate in Early Modern English), see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more.
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Forms
more mitigate, most mitigate| Comparative | more mitigate Lesson |
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| Superlative | most mitigate Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form