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Webster 1913 Edition

Mitigant

Mit′i-gant

,

Adj.

[L.

mitigans

, p. pr. of

mitigare

. See

.]

Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lenitive.

Johnson.

Webster 1828 Edition

Mitigant

MIT'IGANT

,

Adj.

[L. mitigans, mitigo, from mitis, mild.]

1.

Softening; lenient; lenitive.

2.

Diminishing; easing; as pain.