Vocabulary Word
Word: mitigate
Definition: appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity
Definition: appease; moderate; make or become less in force or intensity
Sentences Containing 'mitigate'
Franz had so managed his route, that during the ride to the Colosseum they passed not a single ancient ruin, so that no preliminary impression interfered to mitigate the colossal proportions of the gigantic building they came to admire.
Lighten any check, mitigate the destruction ever so little, and the number of the species will almost instantaneously increase to any amount.
Perhaps at this moment, envious of hers, thou art regarding her, either as she paces to and fro some gallery of her sumptuous palaces, or leans over some balcony, meditating how, whilst preserving her purity and greatness, she may mitigate the tortures this wretched heart of mine endures for her sake, what glory should recompense my sufferings, what repose my toil, and lastly what death my life, and what reward my services?
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