| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lentitive.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb mitigantly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (mitigantly) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective mitigant.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MITIGANT" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references) |
| Etymology:Mitigant \Mit"i*gant\, adjective. [Latin expression mitigans, present participle of mitigare. See Mitigate.]. (references) |
Specialty Definition: MITIGANT
| Domain | Definition | ||
| Noah Webster | [Adjective] Softening; lenient; lenitive.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary. | ||
| Wiktionary | [Noun] Something that mitigates; a lenitive. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | Top | ||
