palliate
verb (used with object)
palliating
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present participleof palliate.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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On the one hand, if he finds significant results, it could lead to groundbreaking methods for palliating some of the world’s problems.
From Scientific American ● May 18, 2011
The eventual answer, however, lies not in palliating deprivation but in enabling the young to escape the self-regenerating cycle that has trapped their parents in poverty.
From Time Magazine Archive
With no palliating wage increases, labor grows daily surlier.
From Time Magazine Archive
If she said this with any idea of palliating the possible lawlessness of her action in the eyes of her companion, she wasted her words.
From The Lady of Loyalty House A Novel by Justin H. (Justin Huntly) McCarthy
They discover Beauties which escap'd the Observation of the Vulgar, and very often find out Reasons for palliating and excusing such Slips and Oversights, as were committed in the Writings of eminent Authors.
From An Essay on Criticism by John Oldmixon
