Definition of "palliates" [palliates]

• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of palliate. (verb)

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• "The cabman is generally gruff and surly, and, though seldom seen drunk, in the majority of cases is addicted to drink -- a vice which the exposed nature of his calling palliates if it does not wholly excuse."
• "Atella, an ancient town of Campania, in Italy, because they differed from the low comedy only by greater licentiousness; nor of those which were called palliates, from the Greek, a cloak, in which the Greek characters were dressed upon the Roman stage, because that habit only distinguished the nation, not the dignity or character, like those which have been mentioned before."
• "Treating symptoms only palliates - it makes the patient feel better, temporarily."