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A. lighten, make easy to bear, ἀτυχήματα, etc., Ph. 2.339, al.:—Med., metaph. of persons, ἔχοντες παραμύθιον ἐ. τὰς ἀνίας ib.420; of birds, κακοπαθείας τῷ εὐσεβεῖν ib.200:—Pass., to be made lighter, ib.621: metaph., ψυχὴ ἐ. ὑπὸ πενθείας Id. 1.351.