Definition of relieve

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Relieve (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..

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Relieve :: Relieve (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..
Free :: Free (a.) To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve from the constraint of..
Succor :: Succor (v. t.) To run to, or run to support; hence, to help or relieve when in difficulty, want, or distress; to assist and deliver from suffering; to relieve; as, to succor a besieged city..
Relax :: Relax (n.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind..
Unsweat :: Unsweat (v. t.) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
Redress :: Redress (v. t.) To set right, as a wrong; to repair, as an injury; to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from..
Expedite :: Expedite (v. t.) To relieve of impediments; to facilitate; to accelerate the process or progress of; to hasten; to quicken; as, to expedite the growth of plants..
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Nephritic :: Nephritic (n.) A medicine adapted to relieve or cure disease of the kidneys.
Antasthmatic :: Antasthmatic (a.) Opposing, or fitted to relieve, asthma..
Liss :: Liss (v. t.) To free, as from care or pain; to relieve..
Solace :: Solace (n.) To cheer in grief or under calamity; to comfort; to relieve in affliction, solitude, or discomfort; to console; -- applied to persons; as, to solace one with the hope of future reward..
Unswathe :: Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To throw off the obligation of, as a duty or debt; to relieve one's self of, by fulfilling conditions, performing duty, trust, and the like; hence, to perform or execute, as an office, or part..
Debarrass :: Debarrass (v. t.) To disembarrass; to relieve.
Relieving :: Relieving (a.) Serving or tending to relieve.
Refresh :: Refresh (a.) To make fresh again; to restore strength, spirit, animation, or the like, to; to relieve from fatigue or depression; to reinvigorate; to enliven anew; to reanimate; as, sleep refreshes the body and the mind..
Demesmerize :: Demesmerize (v. t.) To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.
Unstrain :: Unstrain (v. t.) To relieve from a strain; to relax.
Claw :: Claw (n.) To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court..
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