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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PALLIATE

From Late Latin palliāre to cover up, from Latin pallium a cloak, pallium.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PALLIATE

palliate  [ˈpælɪˌeɪt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PALLIATE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Palliate is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb palliate in English.

WHAT DOES PALLIATE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of palliate in the English dictionary

The definition of palliate in the dictionary is to lessen the severity of without curing or removing; alleviate; mitigate. Other definition of palliate is to cause to seem less serious by concealing evidence; extenuate.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO PALLIATE

PRESENT

Present
I palliate
you palliate
he/she/it palliates
we palliate
you palliate
they palliate
Present continuous
I am palliating
you are palliating
he/she/it is palliating
we are palliating
you are palliating
they are palliating
Present perfect
I have palliated
you have palliated
he/she/it has palliated
we have palliated
you have palliated
they have palliated
Present perfect continuous
I have been palliating
you have been palliating
he/she/it has been palliating
we have been palliating
you have been palliating
they have been palliating
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I palliated
you palliated
he/she/it palliated
we palliated
you palliated
they palliated
Past continuous
I was palliating
you were palliating
he/she/it was palliating
we were palliating
you were palliating
they were palliating
Past perfect
I had palliated
you had palliated
he/she/it had palliated
we had palliated
you had palliated
they had palliated
Past perfect continuous
I had been palliating
you had been palliating
he/she/it had been palliating
we had been palliating
you had been palliating
they had been palliating
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will palliate
you will palliate
he/she/it will palliate
we will palliate
you will palliate
they will palliate
Future continuous
I will be palliating
you will be palliating
he/she/it will be palliating
we will be palliating
you will be palliating
they will be palliating
Future perfect
I will have palliated
you will have palliated
he/she/it will have palliated
we will have palliated
you will have palliated
they will have palliated
Future perfect continuous
I will have been palliating
you will have been palliating
he/she/it will have been palliating
we will have been palliating
you will have been palliating
they will have been palliating
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would palliate
you would palliate
he/she/it would palliate
we would palliate
you would palliate
they would palliate
Conditional continuous
I would be palliating
you would be palliating
he/she/it would be palliating
we would be palliating
you would be palliating
they would be palliating
Conditional perfect
I would have palliate
you would have palliate
he/she/it would have palliate
we would have palliate
you would have palliate
they would have palliate
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been palliating
you would have been palliating
he/she/it would have been palliating
we would have been palliating
you would have been palliating
they would have been palliating
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you palliate
we let´s palliate
you palliate
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to palliate
Past participle
palliated
Present Participle
palliating
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PALLIATE


affiliate
əˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
antliate
ˈæntlɪˌeɪt
binucleate
baɪˈnjuːklɪˌeɪt
conciliate
kənˈsɪlɪˌeɪt
curvifoliate
ˌkɜːvɪˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt
defoliate
diːˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt
disaffiliate
ˌdɪsəˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
domiciliate
ˌdɒmɪˈsɪlɪˌeɪt
enucleate
ɪˈnjuːklɪˌeɪt
exfoliate
ɛksˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt
filiate
ˈfɪlɪˌeɪt
gangliate
ˈɡæŋɡlɪˌeɪt
humiliate
hjuːˈmɪlɪˌeɪt
interfoliate
ˌɪntəˈfəʊlɪˌeɪt
linoleate
lɪˈnəʊlɪˌeɪt
maleate
ˈmælɪˌeɪt
malleate
ˈmælɪˌeɪt
oleate
ˈəʊlɪˌeɪt
retaliate
rɪˈtælɪˌeɪt
talliate
ˈtælɪˌeɪt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PALLIATE

palletize
palletizer
pallia
pallial
palliament
palliard
palliasse
palliation
palliative
palliatively
palliator
palliatory
pallid
pallidity
pallidly
pallidness
pallier
palliest
palling
pallium

WORDS THAT END LIKE PALLIATE

angustifoliate
appreciate
appropriate
associate
bifoliate
ciliate
emolliate
foliate
forisfamiliate
immediate
inappropriate
intermediate
multifoliate
perfoliate
quadrifoliate
quinquefoliate
sinupalliate
spoliate
trifoliate
unifoliate

Synonyms and antonyms of palliate in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «PALLIATE»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «palliate» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of palliate

Translation of «palliate» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PALLIATE

Find out the translation of palliate to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of palliate from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «palliate» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

能减轻
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

paliar
570 millions of speakers

English

palliate
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

घटाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلطيف
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

смягчить
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

paliar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রশমিত করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pallier
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Palliate
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lindern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

和らげる
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

변명
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Palliate
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

biện minh
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

மட்டுப்படுத்து
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पॅलीआएट
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

hafifletmek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mitigare
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złagodzenia
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

пом´якшити
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

scuza
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

απάμβλυνση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

vergoelijken
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

lindra
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

palliate
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of palliate

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PALLIATE»

The term «palliate» is regularly used and occupies the 84.625 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PALLIATE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «palliate» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «palliate» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about palliate

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PALLIATE»

Discover the use of palliate in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to palliate and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The SAT Word Slam: Rhyme Your Way to a Better Vocabulary and ...
(verb) “PAL-ee-ate” Palliate means to alleviate, To soothe, or to lessen the pain. Your pals palliate If you've had a crap date; They don't care if you whine and complain. My brotherwas quite the big eater, And he begged Pepto Bismol to palliate ...
Jodi Fodor, 2009
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Geriatric Mental Health Care: A Treatment Guide for Health ...
Medications to palliate the cognitive impairment of dementia are listed in Table 3.3. Breitner (1999) foresees new medications emerging in the next two decades, which will nearly eliminate the morbidity of Alzheimer's disease. Yet until those ...
Gary J. Kennedy, 2012
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The Energetics of Health: A Naturopathic Assessment
Palliate. To palliate means to lessen or ease the pain or discomfort of the symptoms without curing them, to give temporary relief. At times it is necessary to palliate, to remove the intensity of ...
Iva Lloyd, 2009
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English Synonymes explained, in alphabetical order; with ...
TO EXTENUATE, PALLIATE. Ea'tenuate, from the Latin tenuis thin, small, signifies literally to make small ; palliate, in Latin palliatus, participle of pallio, from pallium a cloak, signifies to throw a cloak over a thing so that it may not be seen.
George Crabb, 1826
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English Synonymes Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
TO EXTENUATE, PALLIATE. EXTENUATE, from the Latin tenuis thin, small, signifies literally to make small. PALLIATE, in Latin palliatus, participle of pallio, from pallium a cloak, signifies to throw a cloak over a thing so that it may not be seen.
George Crabb, 1846
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The Recovery Equation: Motivational Enhancement/Choice ...
A person with genetically pre-disposed deficit of a particular chemical has at least 5 choices: 1) to palliate it in-house psychologically (through cognitive-behavioral avenue), 2) to palliate it psychopharmacologically (psychotropic meds) 3) to ...
Pavel G. Somov, Ph.D.
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SAT and ACT VOCABULARY BUILDING
Given to using vulgar language; foul-mouthed Travail .....................Painful and laborious effort 1. “Writing, at itsbest,is a lonely life. Organizations for writers his loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing.” (E. Hemingway). 1. PALLIATE 2.
Robert L. Crist, 2008
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English synonymes, explained in alphabet. order
TO EXTENUATE, PALLIATE. EXTENUATE, from the Latin tenuis thin, small, signifies literally to make small. PALLIATE, in Latin palliatus, participle of pallio, from pallium a cloak, signifies to throw a cloak over a thing so that it may not be seen.
George Crabb, 1864
9
English Synonyms Explained, in Alphabetical Order: With ...
To EXTEND, v. To enlarge. '10 EXTEND, v. To reach. EXTENSIVE, 11. Comprehensive. EXTENT, v. Limit. T0 EXTENUA'I'E, PALLIATEEXTENUATE, from the Latin tennis thin, small, signifies literally to make small. PALLIATE, in Latin palliatus, ...
George Crabb, 1818
10
English Synonymes: With Copious Illustrations and ...
338 PAIR— couple, brace, pair 434 PALATE— palate, taste 519 PALE— pale, pallid, wan 369 TO PALLIATE— to extenuate, palliate lrB TO PALLIATE— to gloss, varnish, palliate 515 PALLID— pale, pallid, wan 369 TO PALPITATE — to  ...
George Crabb, 1851

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PALLIATE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term palliate is used in the context of the following news items.
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End-of-Life Chemotherapy for Cancer May Do More Harm Than Good
"This study demonstrates that palliative chemotherapy does not appear to palliate symptoms even in the most robust patients who can tolerate ... «HealthCanal.com, Jul 15»
2
More bad news in the fight for a right to die
For the avoidance of doubt, this would not prevent a doctor from agreeing in advance to palliate the pain and discomfort involved for a patient in ... «UK Human Rights Blog, Jul 15»
3
End-of-life cancer chemotherapy: more harm than good
“This study demonstrates that palliative chemotherapy does not appear to palliate symptoms even in the most robust patients who can tolerate ... «Cornell Chronicle, Jul 15»
4
The Lamborghini Asterion Has Been Put On Ice
... their competitors unveiled the next generation of supercars that used electric motors to palliate the weak spots in their engine's powerband, ... «The Car Guide, Jul 15»
5
Group benefits are not wages
... religion, political convictions, language, ethnic or national origin, social condition, a handicap or the use of any means to palliate a handicap. «Lexology, Jul 15»
6
'NYT' discovers elephant in living room: 'Pro-Israel billionaires'
The notion of the need to revise America's global role, to palliate Islam, and achieve diplomatic distance from Israel had become conventional ... «Mondoweiss, Jul 15»
7
Charles Darwin Would Be Ashamed of 'Social Darwinism'
"It is often attempted to palliate slavery by comparing the state of slaves with our poorer countrymen: if the misery of our poor be caused not by the laws of nature, ... «Big Think, Jul 15»
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Compiling a family story can be a useful health apparatus – Las …
This opening legalised by a Full-Text RSS use – if this is your palliate and you're reading it on someone else's site, greatfully hearing a FAQ ... «HeartZine, Jul 15»
9
South Korea MERS Deaths Amount to 35
Recently, the South Korean government announced that it will submit for parliament approval an amount of 13.500 billion dollars to palliate the economic ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»
10
Islamic State Claims Responsability for Deadly Attacks in Yemen
The possibilities for the humanitarian truce proposed by UN special envoy,Cheij Ismail Ould Ahmed, in order to palliate the Yemeni people's suffering, are also ... «Prensa Latina, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Palliate [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/palliate>. Apr 2024 ».
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