1. What is the distinction between allay and alleviate? Which word implies a partial[390] removal of the cause of suffering, or an actual lightening of the burden? 2. With which of the above words are we to class appease, pacify, soothe, and the like? 3. With what words is alleviate especially to be grouped? (See synonyms for [ALLEVIATE].)
EXAMPLES.
Such songs have power to ——
The restless pulse of care,
And come like the benediction
That follows after prayer.
Many a word, at random spoken
May —— or wound a heart that's broken!
ALLEGE ([page 31]).
QUESTIONS.
1. Which is the primary and which the secondary word, allege or adduce? Why? 2. How much of certainty is implied in allege? 3. How much does one admit when he speaks of an alleged fact, document, signature, or the like?
EXAMPLES.
In many —— cases of haunted houses, the spirits have not ventured to face an armed man who has passed the night there.