1. Verb
To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
2. Verb
To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
3. Verb
To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
4. Verb
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.
5. Verb
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.
6. Verb
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.
7. Verb
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.
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