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mitigatory, a. and n.|ˈmɪtɪgeɪtərɪ|
Also 7 mitt-.
[ad. L. mītigātōri-us, f. mītigāre: see mitigate v. and -ory2.]
A. adj. Tending or serving to mitigate; lenitive, alleviating; palliative.
c1611Chapman Iliad xi. 758 Then twixt his hands he brusde A sharpe and mitigatorie roote: which when he had infusde Into the greene well-cleansed wound, the paines he felt before Were well and instantly allaide. 1813Croker Parl. Deb. 18 Feb. in Examiner 22 Feb. 118/2 That..Admiral had since received no mitigatory or restrained orders. 1868J. H. Blunt Ref. Ch. Eng. I. 32 Whatever mitigatory explanations might be offered by the learned.
B. n. Something which serves to mitigate; a lenitive or soothing remedy; a plea in extenuation.
1656W. D. tr. Comenius' Gate Lat. Unl. §806 Hee mitigateth pains, with certain mittigatories, or anodynes. a1734North Exam. ii. v. §2 (1740) 316 He talks of hard Usages, and straining Points of Law..and such Mitigatories. |