Relieve

·vt To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.

II. Relieve ·vt To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.

III. Relieve ·vt To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.

IV. Relieve ·vt 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.

V. Relieve ·vt 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.

VI. Relieve ·vt 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.

VII. Relieve ·vt 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.