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relieving 音标拼音: [rɪl'ivɪŋ] [ril'ivɪŋ] 显露; 铲齿 显露; 铲齿 Relieve \ Re* lieve"\ ( r?- l? v"), v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Relieved} (- l? vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. { Relieving}.] [ OE. releven, F. relever to raise again, discharge, relieve, fr. L. relevare to lift up, raise, make light, relieve; pref. re- re- levare to raise, fr. levis light. See { Levity}, and cf. { Relevant}, { Relief}.] 1. To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise. [ Obs.] -- Piers Plowman. [ 1913 Webster] 2. To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast. [ 1913 Webster] Her tall figure relieved against the blue sky; seemed almost of supernatural height. -- Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster] 3. To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of. [ 1913 Webster] The poet must . . . sometimes relieve the subject with a moral reflection. -- Addison. [ 1913 Webster] 4. 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. [ 1913 Webster] 5. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Now lend assistance and relieve the poor. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 6. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Who hath relieved you? -- Shak. [ 1913 Webster] 7. 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. [ 1913 Webster] Syn: To alleviate; assuage; succor; assist; aid; help; support; substain; ease; mitigate; lighten; diminish; remove; free; remedy; redress; indemnify. [ 1913 Webster]
Relieving \ Re* liev" ing\, a. Serving or tending to relieve. [ 1913 Webster] { Relieving arch} ( Arch.), a discharging arch. See under { Discharge}, v. t. { Relieving tackle}. ( Naut.) ( a) A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. ( b) A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. -- Totten. -- Craig. [ 1913 Webster]
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