mitigative, a. and n. Now rare or Obs.
(ˈmɪtɪgeɪtɪv)
[ad. L. mītigātīvus, f. mītigāre: see mitigate v. and -ive. Cf. F. mitigatif.]
A. adj. Tending to mitigate or alleviate; lenitive; also const. of.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 235 Þou schalt ȝeue him medicyns..þat ben mitigatif for to take awey þe akynge. 1541 R. Copland Guydon's Formul. X j b, The fyfth fourme is vnguentum dulce mollyfycatyfe, resolutyfe, and mytygatyfe of the paynes of y⊇ synewes. 1566 Warde tr. Alexis' Secr. iii. i. 49 b. A playster mitigatiue, and very gentle for Cankers. 1611 Cotgr., Mitigatif, mitigatiue, lenitiue, appeasiue. |
B. n. Something that serves to mitigate or alleviate; a soothing remedy.
| c 1400 Lanfranc's Cirurg. 217 Leie þerto mitigatiuis for to do awei þe akynge. c 1430 Lydg. Min. Poems (Percy Soc.) 196 Ayer of nature..[is] a gret mytigatiff. c 1530 Remedy of Love Prol. 20 Whiche may the feruence of loue aslake To the louer, as a mitigatiue. |