"Relieve" is a word in LAW AND LEGAL, ENGLISH
In feudal law, relieve is to depend; thus, the seigulory of a tenant in capite relieves of the crown, meaning that the tenant holds of the crown. The term is not common in English writers. Sweet
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.
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give
prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
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.
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or
variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
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.
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.
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to
cause to rise.
Kitai blinked slowly. "Why would you use the same word for these things? That is ridiculous.""We have a lot of words like that," Tavi said. "They can mean more than one thing.""That is stupid," Kitai said. "It is difficult enough to communicate without making it more complicated with words that mean more than one thing.
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A system of elastic springs for relieving the strain upon a rope, as in deep-sea dredging.
Read the complete definitionRelieving weariness; restorative.
Read the complete definitionalibiár - (Sp. aliviar) To mitigate, alleviate, ease, relieve, to afford relief. Ang amó nga bulúng nagalibiár sa bátà. That …
Read the complete definitionAnything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity.
Read the complete definitionOpposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma.
Read the complete definitionCounteractive of bilious complaints; tending to relieve biliousness.
Read the complete definitionRelieving or curing phthisis, or consumption.
Read the complete definitionRelieving flatulence; carminative.
Read the complete definitionIn medical jurisprudence. A morbid condition of swooning, Buffoca-tion, or suspended animation, resulting in death if uot relieved, produced by …
Read the complete definitionTo treat or anoint with balsam; to relieve, as with balsam; to render balsamic.
Read the complete definitionv. /MA--AN/ to be relieved, comforted, cheered. Mabang-aranak nga makakita kenka. I am cheered to see you. adj. /MAKA-/ relieving, …
Read the complete definitionA medicine for relieving coughs.
Read the complete definitionPertaining to, or relieving, a cough.
Read the complete definitionTo cause the time of to pass without notice; to relieve the tedium or weariness of; to while away; to …
Read the complete definitionor BIDALL. An invitation of friends to drink ale at the house of some poor man, who hopes thereby to …
Read the complete definitionbintúsà n method of relieving muscular aches by placing a glass on the skin and burning a wick in it …
Read the complete definitionTo improve or relieve by dispelling gloom or removing that which obscures and darkens; to shed light upon; to make …
Read the complete definitionA substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or …
Read the complete definitionThe act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia.
Read the complete definitionSubjectively, the sentiment or motive of beuevolence and philanthropy; the disposition to relieve the distressed, ob-jectively, alms-giving; acts of benevolence; …
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