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adj. - Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.

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Usage examples (3)
  • I request that if he has brought any form of opium with him he will give it to me, and we enter into a stipulation that he will come to me for any opiate or other...
  • Majority of the bodies who are complex with E-bay buying and affairs would try to say that they don't really accept to pay tax from what they acquire through the Internet...
  • The holders of the reserve have, therefore, to treat two opposite maladies at once -- one requiring stringent remedies, and especially a rapid rise in the rate of interest; and...
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