- (v.t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
- (v.t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) 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.
- (v.t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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