Definition of relieve

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Relieve (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..

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Celotomy :: Celotomy (n.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia..
Relieve :: 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..
Unswathe :: Unswathe (v. t.) To take a swathe from; to relieve from a bandage; to unswaddle.
Demesmerize :: Demesmerize (v. t.) To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.
Ground :: Ground (n.) That surface upon which the figures of a composition are set, and which relieves them by its plainness, being either of one tint or of tints but slightly contrasted with one another; as, crimson Bowers on a white ground..
Alms :: Alms (n. sing. & pl.) Anything given gratuitously to relieve the poor, as money, food, or clothing; a gift of charity..
Disburden :: Disburden (v. t.) To rid of a burden; to free from a load borne or from something oppressive; to unload; to disencumber; to relieve.
Respite :: Respite (n.) To relieve by a pause or interval of rest.
Unsadden :: Unsadden (v. t.) To relieve from sadness; to cheer.
Interpleader :: Interpleader (n.) A proceeding devised to enable a person, of whom the same debt, duty, or thing is claimed adversely by two or more parties, to compel them to litigate the right or title between themselves, and thereby to relieve himself from the suits which they might otherwise bring against him..
Remedy :: Remedy (n.) That which relieves or cures a disease; any medicine or application which puts an end to disease and restores health; -- with for; as, a remedy for the gout..
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..
Deliver :: Deliver (v. t.) To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of..
Sustain :: Sustain (v. t.) To aid, comfort, or relieve; to vindicate..
Undumpish :: Undumpish (v. t.) To relieve from the dumps.
Release :: Release (n.) To relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses, as from pain, trouble, obligation, penalty..
Unsweat :: Unsweat (v. t.) To relieve from perspiration; to ease or cool after exercise or toil.
Relief :: Relief (n.) The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; the removal, or partial removal, of any evil, or of anything oppressive or burdensome, by which some ease is obtained; succor; alleviation; comfort; ease; redress..
Quit :: Quit (a.) To set at rest; to free, as from anything harmful or oppressive; to relieve; to clear; to liberate..
Debarrass :: Debarrass (v. t.) To disembarrass; to relieve.
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