MITIGATIVE

alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive, mitigative, mitigatory, palliative

(adjective) moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

mitigative (comparative more mitigative, superlative most mitigative)

Serving to mitigate.

Source: Wiktionary


Mit"i*ga*tive, a. Etym: [L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif.]

Definition: Tending to mitigate; alleviating.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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FABLED

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According to Guinness World Records, the largest collection of coffee pots belongs to Robert Dahl (Germany) and consists of 27,390 coffee pots as of 2 November 2012, in Rövershagen, Germany.

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