different between mitigate vs lisse

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin m?tig?tus, from m?tig?, from m?tis (“gentle, mild, ripe”) + ag? (“do, make”), from Proto-Indo-European *meh?i- (“mild, soft”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?t.?.?e?t/

Verb

mitigate (third-person singular simple present mitigates, present participle mitigating, simple past and past participle mitigated)

1. (transitive) To reduce, lessen, or decrease; to make less severe or easier to bear.
   • 1795 – George Washington, Seventh State of the Union Address

     Measures are pursuing to prevent or mitigate the usual consequences of such outrages, and with the hope of their succeeding at least to avert general hostility.

   • 1813 – James Madison, Fifth State of the Union Address

     But in yielding to it the retaliation has been mitigated as much as possible, both in its extent and in its character...

   • 1896 – Walter Hadwen, The Case Against Vaccination

     Then they tell us that vaccination will mitigate the disease that it will make it milder.

   • 1901 – H. G. Wells, The First Men in the Moon, ch 7

     Then I discovered the brilliance of the landscape around was mitigated by blue spectacles.

   • 1920 – H. P. Lovecraft, The Cats of Ulthar

     The plague had not been kind to him, yet had left him this small furry thing to mitigate his sorrow; and when one is very young, one can find great relief in the lively antics of a black kitten.

2. (transitive) To downplay.

Usage notes

Particularly used as mitigate a problem or flaw. Contrast with ameliorate (“make better”).

This word is often misused to mean “operate” or “influence”. For this meaning, the correct word is militate, followed by “against” or “in favour of”. Mitigate is never followed by these expressions.

Synonyms

• (to reduce or lessen): alleviate, check, diminish, ease, lighten, mollify, pacify, palliate

Antonyms

• (to reduce or lessen): aggrandize, aggravate, exacerbate, incite, increase, intensify, irritate, worsen

Coordinate terms

• ameliorate

Related terms

• mitigable
• mitigant
• mitigated
• mitigating
• mitigation
• mitigatory

Translations

References

Italian

Verb

mitigate

1. second-person plural present indicative of mitigare
2. second-person plural imperative of mitigare
3. feminine plural of mitigato

Latin

Participle

m?tig?te

1. vocative masculine singular of m?tig?tus

English

Etymology 1

From Old English l?ssian.

Verb

lisse (third-person singular simple present lisses, present participle lissing, simple past and past participle lissed)

1. (obsolete) To relieve, mitigate, assuage (pain etc.).
   • Late 14th century: And on his wey forthward thanne is he fare / In hope for to been lissed of his care. — Geoffrey Chaucer, ‘The Franklin's Tale’, Canterbury Tales

Etymology 2

French lisse, from Latin licium.

Noun

lisse (countable and uncountable, plural lisses)

1. A fine sheer fabric of silk or cotton used in women's neckwear and in ruching.
2. In tapestry, the threads of the warp taken together.

Anagrams

• isles, siles, sisel

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lis/
• Homophones: lice, lices, lis, lissent, lisses, lys

Etymology 1

Probably from lisser.

Adjective

lisse (plural lisses)

1. smooth

Noun

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. stringer (horizontal timber that supports upright posts or the hull of a vessel)

Etymology 2

Verb

lisse

1. inflection of lisser:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• isles, lises, siles

Further reading

• “lisse” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• lissa

Etymology

Through German from Latin licium. The verb is derived from the noun.

Noun

lisse f (definite singular lissa, indefinite plural lisser, definite plural lissene)

1. a lace

Verb

lisse (present tense lissar, past tense lissa, past participle lissa, passive infinitive lissast, present participle lissande, imperative liss)

1. (transitive) to lace

References

• “lisse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• lisse, sisel, sisle, sleis

Tarantino

Adjective

lisse

1. smooth

Walloon

Etymology 1

Adjective

lisse (masculine and feminine, plural lisses)

1. smooth

   Synonym: doûs

Etymology 2

Noun

lisse f (plural lisses)

1. list

   Synonym: djivêye