Relieve
Definition of Relieve
Re`lieve´ Pronunciation: r?-l?v´ | v. t. | 1. | To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. | | 2. | To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast. | | 3. | To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. | | 4. | To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to alleviate; to abate; to mitigate; to lessen; as, to relieve pain; to relieve the wants of the poor. | | 5. | To free, wholly or partly, from any burden, trial, evil, distress, or the like; to give ease, comfort, or consolation to; to give aid, help, or succor to; to support, strengthen, or deliver; as, to relieve a besieged town. | | 6. | To release from a post, station, or duty; to put another in place of, or to take the place of, in the bearing of any burden, or discharge of any duty. | | 7. | To ease of any imposition, burden, wrong, or oppression, by judicial or legislative interposition, as by the removal of a grievance, by indemnification for losses, or the like; to right. |
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