Both Uses of
alleviate
in
Ulysses, by James Joyce
- To conclude, while from the sister's words he had reckoned upon a speedy delivery he was, however, it must be owned, not a little alleviated by the intelligence that the issue so auspicated after an ordeal of such duress now testified once more to the mercy as well as to the bounty of the Supreme Being.†
Chpt 14 *alleviated = reduced something bad
- It was one of his axioms that similar meditations or the automatic relation to himself of a narrative concerning himself or tranquil recollection of the past when practised habitually before retiring for the night alleviated fatigue and produced as a result sound repose and renovated vitality.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
to lessen something that is bad -- especially to lessen pain