allevo

ad-levō (all-) āvī, ātus, āre,

to lift up, raise, set up: oculos, Cu.: (laqueis) adlevati (milites), S.: cubito artūs, O. — Fig., to lighten, alleviate, comfort, console: aerumnam dictis: adlevatum corpus tuum, recovered from sickness: adlevor.— To diminish in force, lessen: adversariorum confirmationem.