Usually means: Reduce severity of symptoms temporarily.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. palliate: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. palliate: Merriam-Webster
  3. palliate: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. palliate: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. palliate: Collins English Dictionary
  6. palliate: Vocabulary.com
  7. palliate: Wordnik
  8. palliate: Wiktionary
  9. palliate: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. palliate: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. palliate: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. palliate: Dictionary.com
  13. palliate: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Palliate: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  15. Palliate: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  16. palliate: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. palliate: FreeDictionary.org
  18. palliate: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  19. palliate: Mnemonic Dictionary
  20. palliate: TheFreeDictionary.com
  21. palliate: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  22. palliate: Rhymezone

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palliate: Legal dictionary

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. palliate: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Palliate: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. palliate: Medical dictionary
  6. Palliate: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. palliate: A Word A Day
  2. palliate: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. palliate: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See palliated as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate.
verb:  (obsolete) To hide or disguise.
verb:  To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies.
verb:  (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify.
verb:  To placate or mollify.
adjective:  (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed.
adjective:  (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

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