Definitions for the word "relieve" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. v. t.
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. v. t.
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. t.
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v.
(-ving) 1 bring or give relief to. 2 mitigate the tedium or monotony of. 3 release (a person) from a duty by acting as or providing a substitute. 4 (foll. By of) take (esp. A burden or duty) away from (a person). relieve one''s feelings use strong language or vigorous behaviour when annoyed. Relieve oneself urinate or defecate. relieved adj. [latin relevo raise again, alleviate]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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