PALLIATE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for PALLIATE, such as:
1. I know it, and I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.
2. Not content merely to palliate the patient's sores and cankers, the researcher sought a means of wiping out the disease.
2. Not content merely to palliate the patient's sores and cankers, the researcher sought a means of wiping out the disease.
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Meanings and Examples of PALLIATE
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palliate
v. lessen violence of disease; moderate intensity; gloss over with excuses
Classic Sentence:
1 Cora remained silent, for she knew not how to palliate this imprudent severity on the part of her father in a manner to suit the comprehension of an Indian.
2 She could neither wonder nor condemn, but the belief of his self-conquest brought nothing consolatory to her bosom, afforded no palliation of her distress.
3 He was anxious, while vindicating himself, to say nothing unkind of the others: but there was only one amongst them whose conduct he could mention without some necessity of defence or palliation.
4 I have prescribed him centaury and St. John's wort, ordered him to eat carrots, given him soda; but all that's merely palliative measures; we want some more decided treatment.
Example Sentence:
1 I know it, and I don't wish to palliate them, I assure you.
2 Not content merely to palliate the patient's sores and cankers, the researcher sought a means of wiping out the disease.