levigate

verb

1. (transitive)To make smooth or polish.
2. (transitive)To make into a smooth paste or fine powder.
3. (transitive)To separate finer grains from coarser ones by suspension in a liquid.
4. (rare, transitive)To lighten.
5. (rare, transitive)To belittle.
6. (obsolete)To render mild; to alleviate, assuage.
7. (form-of, obsolete, participle, past)past participle of levigate

   “[…] whereby his labours beinge leuigate and made moꝛe tollerable he ſhall gouerne with the better aduiſe and conſequently with a moꝛe perfecte gouernance.”

adj

1. Smooth.