late 14c.,releven, "alleviate (pain, etc.) wholly or partly, mitigate; afford comfort; allow respite; diminish the pressure of," also "give alms to, provide for;" also figuratively, "take heart, cheer up;" from Old Frenchrelever"to raise, relieve" (11c.) and directly from Latinreleva...
also frommid-15c. Entries linking torelict *leikw- Proto-Indo-European root meaning "to leave." It forms all or part of:delinquent;derelict;eclipse;eleven;ellipse;ellipsis;elliptic;lipo-(2) "lacking;"lipogram;loan;paralipsis;relic;relict;reliction;relinquish;reliquiae;twelve. ...
governed by one "divine" man. The gospel has many facets, but relative to Rome its message was that no man is higher than another; no man can stand between another man and the Creator, and no man can relieve another man of his sovereignty and his responsibilities as a free man under ...
relieve(v.) late 14c.,releven, "alleviate (pain, etc.) wholly or partly, mitigate; afford comfort; allow respite; diminish the pressure of," also "give alms to, provide for;" also figuratively, "take heart, cheer up;" from Old Frenchrelever"to raise, relieve" (11c.) and directly fr...
The formbeleevewas common till 17c., the spelling then changed, perhaps by influence ofrelieve, etc. Tobelieve oninstead ofinwas more common in 16c. but now is a peculiarity of theology;believe ofalso sometimes was used in 17c. The expressionbelieve it or notis attested by 1874; Robert Ri...
1907 as graphing of U.S. Southern pronunciation ofMrs.orMiss(n.2); by 1972 as the standard pronunciation ofMs. also from1907 Entries linking tomiz miss(n.2) "the term of honour to a young girl" [Johnson], originally (17c.) a shortened form ofmistress(compareMrs., pronounced mis-ez)...
relieve(v.) late 14c.,releven, "alleviate (pain, etc.) wholly or partly, mitigate; afford comfort; allow respite; diminish the pressure of," also "give alms to, provide for;" also figuratively, "take heart, cheer up;" from Old Frenchrelever"to raise, relieve" (11c.) and directly fr...
The meaning "butt of a marijuana cigarette" is recorded by 1938, perhaps from resemblance to the insect but rather this might be a different word entirely. Related:Roach-clip(by 1968). roost See all related words (4)> Trends ofrooster ...
agent or instrumental suffix, from Old French and French-ant, from Latin-antem, accusative of-ans, present-participle suffix of many Latin verbs. Compare-ance. Trends ofreliant Sharereliant ‘cite’ https://www.etymonline.com/word/reliant ...
Metaphoric sense of "gap in time" also was in Latin. From c. 1400 in English as "a pause, an interruption in a state or activity." Musical sense "difference in pitch between two tones" is from c. 1600. Related:Intervallic.