单词 | mitigatory |
释义 | mitigatoryadj.n. A. adj. Tending or serving to mitigate; alleviating, extenuating, palliative; †soothing (obsolete). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > making less violent or severe > mitigating or alleviating mitigativea1400 swaging1483 mitiganta1538 mitigatory1598 delenifical1656 alleviative1770 the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > making less violent or severe allayingOE temperativec1430 moderativec1487 moderating1583 softening1600 tempering1612 appeasing1648 modulating1751 palliating1758 mitigatory1813 chastening1814 mildening1842 mitigating1903 society > morality > duty or obligation > moral or legal constraint > immunity or exemption from liability > excuse > [adjective] > extenuating mincing1581 mitigating1583 extenuating1607 favourable1693 palliating1710 palliative1748 extenuatory1807 extenuative1827 palliatory1845 mitigatory1868 1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vii. 135 Then twixt his hands he brusde A sharpe and mitigatorie roote: which when he had infusde Into the greene wel-clensed wound, the paines he felt before Were well and instantlie allaide. 1813 J. W. Croker Parl. Deb. 18 Feb. in Examiner 22 Feb. 118/2 That..Admiral had since received no mitigatory or restrained orders. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 32 Whatever mitigatory explanations might be offered by the learned. 1997 BBC Wildlife Mar. 104/2 Its mitigatory plea..that wild-caught primates are well cared for while in its hands..fails to excuse its participation in such a widely condemned trade. A mitigative, palliative. Also: a plea in extenuation. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [noun] > soothing medicine lenitive1563 acopon1566 mitigator1586 diminutive1596 assuagement1599 mitigatory1656 levative1657 lenient1672 balsamic1713 demulcent1732 assuasive1829 mitigant1838 obtundent1842 torpent1882 chill pill1981 society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > pleading > [noun] > a pleading or plea > plea in mitigation mitigatorya1734 1656 tr. J. A. Comenius Latinæ Linguæ Janua Reserata: Gate Lat. Tongue Unlocked lxxxvi. §806 Hee mitigateth pains, with certain mittigatories, or anodynes. a1734 R. North Examen (1740) ii. v. §2. 316 He talks of hard Usages, and straining Points of Law..and such Mitigatories. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1598 |
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