- RELIEVE Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
relieve, alleviate, lighten, assuage, mitigate, allay mean to make something less grievous relieve implies a lifting of enough of a burden to make it tolerable
- RELIEVE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
RELIEVE definition: 1 to make an unpleasant feeling, such as pain or worry, less strong: 2 to improve an unpleasant… Learn more
- RELIEVE Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com
Relieve definition: to ease or alleviate (pain, distress, anxiety, need, etc ) See examples of RELIEVE used in a sentence
- Relieve - definition of relieve by The Free Dictionary
Synonyms: relieve, allay, alleviate, assuage, lighten2, mitigate, palliate These verbs mean to make something less severe or more bearable To relieve is to make more endurable something causing discomfort or distress: "that misery which he strives in vain to relieve" (Henry David Thoreau)
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There are 36 meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb relieve, 17 of which are labelled obsolete See ‘Meaning use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence
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Definition of relieve verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
- relieve - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
relieve (third-person singular simple present relieves, present participle relieving, simple past and past participle relieved) (transitive) To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc ) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of [from 14th c ]
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