al-lĕvio (adl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. [lĕvis], = allĕvo, to make light, to lighten.
I Lit.: ut (navis) alleviaretur ab eis, Vulg. Jonas, 1, 5; ib. Act. 27, 38.—
II Trop., to raise up , relieve : alleviabit eum Dominus, Vulg. Jac. 5, 15: curas alicui, Just. Nov. Const. 13.—Spec.: alleviata est terra Zabulon, is dealt lightly , leniently with , Vulg. Isa. 9, 1.