Relieve

rē-lēv′, v.t. to remove from that which weighs down or depre es: to le en: to ease: to help: to release: to support: to mitigate: to raise the siege of: ( art ) to set off by contrast: ( law ) to redre .— adj. Reliev′able .— n. Reliev′er , one who, or that which, relieves: ( slang ) a garment kept for being lent out.— adj. Reliev′ing , serving to relieve: ( naut. ) a temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a ve el in a storm.— Relieving arch , an arch in a wall to relieve the part below it from a superincumbent weight; Relieving officer , a salaried official who superintends the relief of the poor. [O. Fr. relever , to raise again—L. relevāre — re- , again, levāre , to raise— levis , light.]