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al-lĕvio (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lĕvis], = allĕvo, to make light, to lighten.

  1. I. Lit.: ut (navis) alleviaretur ab eis, Vulg. Jonas, 1, 5; ib. Act. 27, 38.
  2. II. Trop., to raise up, relieve: alleviabit eum Dominus, Vulg. Jac. 5, 15: curas alicui, Just. Nov. Const. 13.
    Spec.: alleviata est terra Zabulon, is dealt lightly, leniently with, Vulg. Isa. 9, 1.