Mithic
(Mith"ic) a. See Mythic.
Mithras
(||Mi"thras) n. [L., from Gr. .] The sun god of the Persians.
Mithridate
(Mith"ri*date) n. (Med.) An antidote against poison, or a composition in form of an electuary,
supposed to serve either as a remedy or a preservative against poison; an alexipharmic; — so called
from King Mithridates, its reputed inventor.
[Love is] a drop of the true elixir; no mithridate so effectual against the infection of vice.
Southey.
Mithridatic
(Mith`ri*dat"ic) a. Of or pertaining to King Mithridates, or to a mithridate.
Mitigable
(Mit"i*ga*ble) a. Admitting of mitigation; that may be mitigated.
Mitigant
(Mit"i*gant) a. [L. mitigans, p. pr. of mitigare. See Mitigate.] Tending to mitigate; mitigating; lenitive.
Johnson.
Mitigate
(Mit"i*gate) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mitigated ; p. pr. & vb. n. Mitigating.] [L. mitigatus, p. p. of
mitigare to soften, mitigate; mitis mild, soft + the root of agere to do, drive.]
1. To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to
lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief.
2. To make mild and accessible; to mollify; - - applied to persons. [Obs.]
This opinion . . . mitigated kings into companions.
Burke. Syn. — To alleviate; assuage; allay. See Alleviate.
Mitigation
(Mit`i*ga"tion) n. [OE. mitigacioun, F. mitigation, fr. L. mitigatio.] The act of mitigating,
or the state of being mitigated; abatement or diminution of anything painful, harsh, severe, afflictive, or
calamitous; as, the mitigation of pain, grief, rigor, severity, punishment, or penalty.
Syn. — Alleviation; abatement; relief.
Mitigative
(Mit"i*ga*tive) a. [L. mitigativus: cf. F. mitigatif.] Tending to mitigate; alleviating.
Mitigator
(Mit"i*ga`tor) n. One who, or that which, mitigates.
Mitigatory
(Mit"i*ga*to*ry) a. Tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative.
Miting
(Mit"ing) n. [From Mite.] A little one; — used as a term of endearment. [Obs.] Skelton.
Mitome
(Mi"tome) n. (Biol.) The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.
Mitosis
(||Mi*to"sis) n. [NL., fr. Gr. a thread.] (Biol.) See Karyokinesis.
Mitraille
(||Mi`traille") n. [F. See Mitrailleur.] Shot or bits of iron used sometimes in loading cannon.
Mitrailleur
(||Mi`tra`illeur") n. [F.] (Mil.) One who serves a mitrailleuse.
