palliated, ppl. a.
(ˈpælɪeɪtɪd)
[f. prec. + -ed1; taking the place of the earlier palliate ppl. a.]
1. Cloaked (lit. and fig.); † covered over, concealed; † superficially healed; mitigated, extenuated: see the vb.
| 1612 Selden Illustr. Drayton's Poly-olb. x, Merlin Ambrose..slighted that pretended skill of those magicians, as palliated ignorance. 1643 Prynne Sov. Power Parl. App. 192 That they might act a certain palliated Fable. 1665 Needham Med. Medicinæ 400 The palliated Diseases return with more severity than before. 1840 Barham Ingol. Leg. Ser. i. Passage Life H. Harris, The half-avowed, and palliated confession of committed guilt. 1857 Mayne Expos. Lex., Palliatus..covered with a cloak; veiled; mantled; applied to pains subdued or lulled by the use of opiates: palliated. |
2. Having the archiepiscopal pallium.
| 1892 Tablet 6 Aug. 204 This very Vicarial and Palliated See of Arles. |