palliate
verb (used with object)
was palliating
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past progressiveof palliate.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Still, he could not think that she was palliating his offence; and he was quite aware that she had saved his life.
From Desert Conquest or, Precious Waters by Clarence H. (Clarence Herbert) Rowe
