pallier
Meanings
Verb
1. to conceal (transitive)
2. to palliate (to relieve the symptoms of) (transitive)
3. to compensate for; to make up for (transitive)
Examples4
Il prend tout un tas de médicaments pour pallier le manque de sommeil.
He takes a whole bunch of medications to compensate for his lack of sleep.
Il a la capacité de repérer et de pallier les failles des textes à traduire.
The ability to identify and remedy shortcomings in the texts to be translated.
Nous devions pallier aux approvisionnements erratiques.
We had to lessen the impact of the erratic supplies.
Aucun avenir ne peut pallier ce que vous laissez se dérouler dans le présent.
No future can compensate for what you let happen in the present.