Facilitate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make easy or easier. To preside over (a meeting, a seminar)
Example sentence: Looking ahead, future generations may learn their social skills from robots in the first place. The cute yellow Keepon robot from Carnegie Mellon University has shown the ability to facilitate social interactions with autistic children. Morphy at the University of Washington happily teaches gestures to children by demonstration.
Alleviate
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To make less severe, as a pain or difficulty.
Example sentence: In the Armed Services Committee, we endeavored to put forth proposals that would help alleviate some of that stress, both for the troops and for their families.