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Found 2 hits - Term: relieved, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
relieve \relieve"\ 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
see also:
relieved relieving levity relevant relief 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
relieved
     adj : of pain or sorrow made easier to bear syn: alleviated,
           eased
see also:
alleviated eased 

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CNN.com - Commander relieved of duty in Iraq - Oct 20, 2004
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CNN.com - Relieved Thorpe wins Olympic place - Mar 29, 2004
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