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Definition of Relieves
1. relieve [v] - See also: relieve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relieves
Literary usage of Relieves
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The War of Greek Independence, 1821 to 1833 by Walter Alison Phillips (1897)
"... and relieves the town —Critical position of Reshid—Ibrahim arrives before
Missolonghi—Miaoulis again relieves the town—Assault of Arab guards ..."
2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... the deeper immersion of the head reduces its weight and relieves, somewhat,
the strain of its support from the muscles of the neck. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"... the deeper immersion of the head reduces its weight and relieves, somewhat,
the' strain of its support from the muscles of the neck. ..."
4. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"He relieves debtors, and quells the mutiny of soldiers at Capua. § 7. ...
He relieves the Treasury by revising the Corn-list. § 14. ..."
5. A History of Rome from the Earliest Times to the Establishment of the Empire by Henry George Liddell (1855)
"L. Lucullus, the other Consul, relieves Cyzicus, and defeats Mithridates. § 5.
... Sends to demand the person of Mithridates from Tigranes : relieves ..."
6. The History of England by David Hume, Tobias George Smollett (1825)
"Admiral Russel sails for the Mediterranean, relieves Barcelona, and winters at
Cadiz—§ XLII. Campaign in Flanders—| XLIII. ..."
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