Verb (used with object), : to alleviate sorrow; to alleviate pain.    From Dictionary.com. 

One problem that may be alleviated is refining capacity.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bill Clinton: High oil prices here to stay] Reference

It might have alleviated the dreary days of his sojourn at.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 347, September, 1844] Reference

But should industrial demand return, that could be alleviated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Silver,] Reference

Twice-cooked meat can always be alleviated by mushrooms or tomatoes.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Belgian Cookbook] Reference

Horam was rather more distressed than alleviated by her protestations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference

Sometimes, however, the patient is alleviated at once on the rash being formed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hydriatic treatment of Scarlet Fever in its Different Forms] Reference

I can assure you that the plight of the downtrodden workers will be alleviated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Gambler's World] Reference

Zillah rose with a wonder in her soul which alleviated the sorrow of bereavement.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Cryptogram A Novel] Reference

It hasn't been alleviated by tossing out an incumbent Democratic Congress in 1994.    From Wordnik.com.  [Stalking The Radical Middle] Reference

My chagrin at missing a "show" was much alleviated when I heard what the show was.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pan-Islam] Reference

Time has not alleviated the sorrow which the loss of him fixed deeply in my breast.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

My pain would indeed have been alleviated if I could have seen the whole of the arrow.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cligés. English] Reference

Trade-driven economic growth and technology transfer have alleviated much human misery.    From Wordnik.com.  [Globalization’s Achilles’ Heel] Reference

Banded together, and working together, their solicitude and uneasiness were alleviated.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference

The treatment alleviated the mice's physical symptoms and stopped the disease's progress.    From Wordnik.com.  [FRIENDLY BRAIN BUG] Reference

Finally, the rise of the welfare state has alleviated suffering among the old and the poor.    From Wordnik.com.  [How Our American Dream Unraveled] Reference

Brian's fears weren't totally alleviated until the police car backed away and turned around.    From Wordnik.com.  [Unfit III] Reference

And of the immeasurable amount of suffering on this planet, they've alleviated a little bit.    From Wordnik.com.  [Victoria Moran: Veg and the City: The Care and Feeding of Vegetarians] Reference

It was his belief that tensions could be alleviated only by proper leadership on both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [This Crowded Earth] Reference

RLS symptoms can also be alleviated by stretching, using hot or cold packs, taking a bath or exercising.    From Wordnik.com.  ['I Know I'm Not the Only One'] Reference

Had some divine power alleviated the problems wracking Detroit, Comerica's hometown and biggest single market?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hey, Thanks, S&Amp;P 500] Reference

That has alleviated concern that the U.S. economy may slip into a renewed downturn in the second half of the year.    From Wordnik.com.  [Treasurys Wilt After Data Reassure] Reference

Must we accuse society of having created these evils, or acknowledge, on the contrary, that it has alleviated them?.    From Wordnik.com.  [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference

You have the word of one of the world's greatest musical composers that hypnosis alleviated his severe despondency.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Practical Guide to Self-Hypnosis] Reference

Queen Bathildes alleviated the heaviest conditions, gave great numbers their liberty, and declared all capable of property.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference

Darkness, storm, or contagion, had no terrors for her, when there was suffering to be alleviated, or anguish to be soothed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference

Bat the imprisonment was alleviated in every possible way, as we gather from Leigh Hunt's charming description of his prison in his.    From Wordnik.com.  [Continental Monthly , Vol. 6, No. 1, July, 1864 Devoted to Literature and National Policy.] Reference

That deal alleviated tensions but fell apart in 2002 after the U.S. accused North Korea of having a secret uranium enrichment program.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ex-President Carter Arrives In North Korea] Reference

Our pain in contemplating the loss of one ministry, is not alleviated by our anticipation of the ministry that is expected to succeed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 59, No. 363, January, 1846] Reference

Great Lakes may be alleviated by removing or humanely regulating the obstacles to reciprocal assistance to wrecked or stranded vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [State of the Union Address (1790-2001)] Reference

The sufferings of Captain Macdonald during his concealment, although alleviated by Lady Margaret's care, were nevertheless considerable.    From Wordnik.com.  [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference

Here their distresses were alleviated by Mr. Koek of Malacca, who treated them in the kindest manner; and the ship Kandree, commanded by.    From Wordnik.com.  [Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities.] Reference

Also, perhaps the hyper-partisan tone of contemporary politics may be alleviated by a welcome reduction in the need to campaign as often.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ralph Seliger: What If the Midterm Elections Were Next Year?] Reference

If he could find something else besides clams and biscuit, the tedium of his existence here would be alleviated to a still greater degree.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lost in the Fog] Reference

For the three days before her end, she enjoyed a foretaste of paradise; her interior pains vanished; her physical tortures were alleviated.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life of the Venerable Mother Mary of the Incarnation] Reference