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(1):

(v. t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

(2):

(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.

(3):

(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.

(4):

(v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

(5):

(v. t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

(6):

(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.

(7):

(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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Relieve'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​r/relieve.html. 1828.
 
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