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Yes. The word palliate is a Scrabble US word. The word palliate is worth 10 points in Scrabble:

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Is palliate a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word palliate is a Scrabble UK word and has 10 points:

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8-letter words (1 found)

PALLIATE,

7-letter words (1 found)

PATELLA,

6-letter words (10 found)

APLITE,PAELLA,PALATE,PALEAL,PALLAE,PALLET,PALLIA,TAILLE,TALPAE,TELIAL,

5-letter words (20 found)

ALATE,ILEAL,LAPEL,LEAPT,LEPTA,PALEA,PALET,PALLA,PELTA,PETAL,PIETA,PILAE,PILEA,PLAIT,PLATE,PLEAT,TALEA,TALPA,TELIA,TEPAL,

4-letter words (51 found)

ALAE,ALAP,ALIT,ATAP,ILEA,LATE,LATI,LEAL,LEAP,LEAT,LEPT,LILT,LIPA,LIPE,LITE,PAAL,PAIL,PALE,PALI,PALL,PATE,PEAL,PEAT,PELA,PELL,PELT,PIAL,PIET,PILA,PILE,PILL,PITA,PLAT,PLEA,PLIE,TAAL,TAEL,TAIL,TALA,TALE,TALI,TALL,TAPA,TAPE,TEAL,TEIL,TELA,TELL,TEPA,TILE,TILL,

3-letter words (43 found)

AAL,AIA,AIL,AIT,ALA,ALE,ALL,ALP,ALT,APE,APT,ATE,EAT,ELL,ELT,ETA,ILL,ITA,LAP,LAT,LEA,LEI,LEP,LET,LIE,LIP,LIT,PAL,PAT,PEA,PEL,PET,PIA,PIE,PIT,TAE,TAI,TAP,TEA,TEL,TIE,TIL,TIP,

2-letter words (17 found)

AA,AE,AI,AL,AT,EA,EL,ET,IT,LA,LI,PA,PE,PI,TA,TE,TI,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 144 words from palliate according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of palliate

palliate

Etymology

From Latin palliatus (“cloaked”) (in Late Latin the past participle of palliare (“to cover with a cloak”)), from pallium (“cloak”).

Pronunciation

  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˈpælieɪt/
    • Rhymes: -ælieɪt
  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈpæliət/

Verb

palliate (third-person singular simple present palliates, present participle palliating, simple past and past participle palliated)

  1. To relieve the symptoms of; to ameliorate. [from 15th c.]
  2. (obsolete) To hide or disguise. [16th–19th c.]
  3. To cover or disguise the seriousness of (a mistake, offence etc.) by excuses and apologies. [from 17th c.]
    • April 5 1628, Bishop Joseph Hall, The Blessings, Sins, and Judgments of God's Vineyard
      We extenuate not our guilt : whatever we sin , we condemn it as mortal : they palliate wickedness , with the fair pretence of veniality
  4. (obsolete) To lessen the severity of; to extenuate, moderate, qualify. [17th–18th c.]
  5. To placate or mollify. [from 17th c.]

Related terms

  • palliation
  • palliative
  • pallium

Translations

Adjective

palliate (comparative more palliate, superlative most palliate)

  1. (obsolete) Cloaked; hidden, concealed. [15th–17th c.]
  2. (obsolete) Eased; mitigated; alleviated.

References

  • Paternoster, Lewis M. and Frager-Stone, Ruth. Three Dimensions of Vocabulary Growth. Second Edition. Amsco School Publications: USA. 1998.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /palˈlja.te/
  • Rhymes: -ate
  • Hyphenation: pal‧lià‧te

Participle

palliate

  1. feminine plural of palliato

Adjective

palliate

  1. feminine plural of palliato

Noun

palliate f

  1. plural of palliata

Latin

Adjective

palliāte

  1. vocative masculine singular of palliātus

References

  • palliate in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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