Relieve : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Relieve	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Relieve
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
relieve v provide physical relief, as from pain; "This pill will relieve your headaches" Synonym(s): relieve, alleviate, palliate, assuage free someone temporarily from his or her obligations Synonym(s): take over, relieve grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to; "She exempted me from the exam" Synonym(s): exempt, relieve, free Antonym(s): apply, enforce, implement lessen the intensity of or calm; "The news eased my conscience"; "still the fears" Synonym(s): still, allay, relieve, ease save from ruin, destruction, or harm Synonym(s): salvage, salve, relieve, save relieve oneself of troubling information Synonym(s): unbosom, relieve provide relief for; "remedy his illness" Synonym(s): remedy, relieve free from a burden, evil, or distress take by stealing; "The thief relieved me of $100" grant exemption or release to; "Please excuse me from this class" Synonym(s): excuse, relieve, let off, exempt alleviate or remove (pressure or stress) or make less oppressive; "relieve the pressure and the stress"; "lighten the burden of caring for her elderly parents" Synonym(s): relieve, lighten
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Relieve \Relieve"\ (r?-l?v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Relieved} (-l?vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Relieving}.] [OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- + levare to raise, fr. levis light. See {Levity}, and cf. {Relevant}, {Relief}.] 1. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [Obs.] --Piers Plowman. 2. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast. Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. The poet must . . . sometimes relieve* the subject with a moral reflection. --Addison. 4. To raise or remove, as anything which depresses, weighs down, or crushes; to render less burdensome or afflicting; to allevate; 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. Now lend assistance and relieve the poor. --Dryden. 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. Who hath relieved you? --Shak. 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. Syn: To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help; support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free; remedy; redress; indemnify.