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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
     soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
     drive.]
     1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful,
        etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish;
        to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate
        grief.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
        persons. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
                                                    --Burke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mitigate \Mit"i*gate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of mitigare to
     soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do,
     drive.]
     1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful,
        etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish;
        to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate
        grief.
  
     2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to
        persons. [Obs.]
  
              This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
                                                    --Burke.
  
     Syn: To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  mitigate
       v 1: lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of;
            "The circumstances extenuate the crime" [syn: extenuate,
             palliate]
       2: make less severe or harsh; "mitigating circumstances"

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     Αγγλικά vb.
     μειώνω, ελαττώνω, ανακουφίζω κάτι

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la mītigātus  voc m s)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mitigar)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     vb.
     (lb en transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less
  severe or easier to bear.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la mītigātus  voc m s)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mitigar)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     Latin part.p.
     (inflection of la mītigātus  voc m s)
     Spanish vb.
     (es-verb form of: mitigar)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     Englanti vb.
     1 lievittää (''kipua'')
     2 lieventää (''rangaistusta'')
     3 pienentää, vähentää

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mitigate
     Engelska vb.
     mitigera, mildra, lindra

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/
  سكّن

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mitigate //ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt// 
  облекчавам, смекчавам
  to reduce, lessen, or decrease

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/ 
  utišit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/
  uklidnit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/
  utišit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/
  zmírnit

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/ 
  lleddfu 

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  mitigate //ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt// 
  helpottaa, lieventää
  to reduce, lessen, or decrease

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/ 
  1. गम्भीरता कम करना
        "You would have to mitigate the risks before getting the approval."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/
  olakšati, omekšati, smanjenja, stišati, ublažiti, umanjiti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  mitigate /ˈmɪtɪgeɪt/ 
    łagodzić, mitygować

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  mitigate //ˈmɪt.ɪ.ɡeɪt// 
  lindra, mildra
  to reduce, lessen, or decrease

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mitigate /mˈɪtɪɡˌeɪt/
  1. yatıştırmak
  2. azaltmak, hafifletmek. mitigating causes (huk.) cezayı hafifletici sebepler. mitigable  yatıştırılabilir
  3. azaltılabilir, hafifletilebilir. mitiga'tion hafifletme, azaltma.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɪtəˌɡeɪt/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  206 Moby Thesaurus words for "mitigate":
     abate, accommodate, adapt, adjust, adjust to, allay, alleviate,
     allow for, alter, ameliorate, anesthetize, appease, assuage,
     attemper, attenuate, bank the fire, bate, be changed,
     be converted into, be renewed, benumb, better, blunt, bottom out,
     box in, break, break up, calm, change, chasten, checker, chop,
     chop and change, circumscribe, color, come about, come around,
     come round, condition, constrain, control, convert, cramp, cripple,
     cushion, damp, dampen, de-emphasize, deaden, deaden the pain,
     debilitate, decrease, deform, degenerate, denature, deteriorate,
     deviate, devitalize, dilute, diminish, diverge, diversify,
     downplay, dull, ease, ease matters, ease off, ease up, enervate,
     enfeeble, eviscerate, exhaust, extenuate, fit, flop, foment,
     give relief, gloss over, gruel, haul around, hedge, hedge about,
     ignore, improve, jibe, keep within bounds, lay, lay low, leaven,
     lenify, lessen, let down, let up, let up on, lighten, limit, loose,
     loosen, lull, make allowance for, meliorate, mince, moderate,
     modify, modulate, mollify, mutate, narrow, numb, obtund, overthrow,
     pad, palliate, placate, play down, poultice, pour balm into,
     pour oil on, qualify, rattle, re-create, realign, rebuild,
     reconstruct, redesign, reduce, reduce the temperature, refit,
     reform, regulate by, relax, relieve, remake, remit, renew, reshape,
     restrain, restrict, restructure, revamp, revive, ring the changes,
     salve, sap, season, set conditions, set limits, shake, shake up,
     shift, shift the scene, shuffle the cards, slack, slack off,
     slack up, slacken, slake, slow down, slur over, smother, sober,
     sober down, soft-pedal, soften, soften up, soothe, stifle, still,
     stupe, subdue, subvert, suppress, swerve, tack, take a turn, tame,
     temper, tone down, tune down, turn, turn aside, turn into,
     turn the corner, turn the scale, turn the tables, turn the tide,
     turn upside down, unbend, unbrace, undergo a change, undermine,
     underplay, unman, unnerve, unstrain, unstrengthen, unstring,
     varnish, vary, veer, warp, water down, weaken, whitewash,
     work a change, worsen
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 镇静,缓和,减轻;
  v. 缓和;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 镇静,缓和,减轻

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