"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.
Lack of wisdom does not make a fool. A fool, in the truest sense, is the man who regards his own misfortunes or those of others as a source of doubt or criticism of the infinite mercy of the Gohonzon.-Josei Toda
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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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