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...
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...
"having power to relieve pain," 1540s, from Medieval Latinanodynus"pain-removing, allaying pain," from Latinanodynus"painless," from Greekanodynos"free from pain," froman-"without" (seean-(1)) +odynē"pain, torment" (of the body or mind), a word of uncertain origin, evidently Indo...
early 15c., "relieve (pain); make mild or more tolerable; reduce in amount or degree," from Latin mitigatus, past participle of mitigare "soften, make tender, ripen, mellow, tame," figuratively, "make mild or gentle, pacify, soothe," ultimately from mitis "gentle, soft" + root of ag...
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...
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)...
"charitable relief of the poor," especially as a religious duty, also "that which is given to relieve the poor or needy," Old English ælmesse "almsgiving, act of relieving the needy," from Proto-Germanic *alemosna (source also of Old Saxon alamosna, Old High German alamuosan, Old ...
alsoAllison, fem. proper name popular in England and Scotland 13c.-17c., from FrenchAlison, a pet form ofAlice. As a surname, from this or representing "Alice's son" or in some cases "Alan's son." Allison fem. proper name, a diminutive ofAlice(q.v.), via Old FrenchAlison. Popul...
relieve from pain or care" is from mid-14c. Meaning "render less difficult" is from 1630s; the sense of "to relax one's efforts" is from 1863 (withupby 1907, earlier with a more specific sense in sailing). Farmer reportseasein a slang sense of "to content a woman" sexually, with...
It forms all or part of:cinquain;cinque;cinquecento;cinquefoil;fifteen;fifth;fifty;fin(n.) "five-dollar bill;"finger;fist;five;foist;keno;parcheesi;penta-;pentacle;pentad;Pentateuch;Pentecost;pentagon;pentagram;pentameter;pentathlon;Pentothal;Pompeii;Punjab;punch(n.2) "type of mixed drink;"quinary...