- (v.t.) To cover with excuses; to conceal the enormity of, by excuses and apologies; to extenuate; as, to palliate faults.
- (v.t.) To reduce in violence; to lessen or abate; to mitigate; to ease withhout curing; as, to palliate a disease.
- (v.t.) To cover with a mantle or cloak; to cover up; to hide.
- (a.) Covered with a mant/e; cloaked; disguised.
- (a.) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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