MIT'IGANT, adjective [Latin mitigans, mitigo, from mitis, mild.] 1. Softening; lenient; lenitive. 2. Diminishing; easing; as pain.
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Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary
MIT'IGANT, adjective [Latin mitigans, mitigo, from mitis, mild.] 1. Softening; lenient; lenitive. 2. Diminishing; easing; as pain.
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