(v. t.) To lift up; to raise again, as one who has fallen; to cause to rise.
(v. t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
(v. t.) To raise up something in; to introduce a contrast or variety into; to remove the monotony or sameness of.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) 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.
Example Sentences:
(1) These results show that lipo-PGI2 at a very low dose would be beneficial as a treatment for relieving the clinical symptoms of chronic cerebral infarction and that lipid microspheres are a useful drug carrier for PGI2 analogue therapy.
(2) Current recommendations regarding contraception in patients with diabetes are not appropriate for the adolescent population and therefore tend to support this phenomenon rather than relieve it.
(3) In addition, the menisci increase the femorotibial contact area, thereby relieving some of the pressure.
(4) Arrhythmias were controlled without the need of drug therapy in 2 cases and the clinical symptoms were relieved in 1 case after shocks.
(5) Ultrasonic fragmentation through the pars plana is a quick and easy method for relieving the condition.
(6) The following examinations could be proposed: in high risk cases determined before pregnancy, a chorionic villus sampling should be done between the 9th and 11th weeks of gestation; in low risk cases such as advanced maternal age, a first trimester chorionic villus sampling or a second trimester amniocentesis could be chosen; in the case of Down's syndrome, warning signs, for example ultrasonographic or biological parameters, a second trimester placental biopsy to relieve the parents' anxiety; in high risk cases such as ultrasonographic malformations, late placental biopsy or cordocentesis.
(7) Pain relieved by antacids, age above 40 years, previous peptic ulcer disease, male sex, symptoms provoked by berries, and night pain relieved by antacids and food were found to predict organic dyspepsia with a sensitivity and specificity of approximately 70%, when applied on the observed material.
(8) In spite of this fundamental disagreement, they were both relieved that President Obama has suspended his plan to launch missiles against Syria .
(9) The procedure appears to relieve papilledema by filtering small quantities of cerebrospinal fluid into the orbit.
(10) In 2 cases, sublingual nitroglycerin failed to completely relieve the spasm.
(11) Euthanasia – killing someone painlessly, usually to relieve suffering – is also illegal.
(12) Symptoms were relieved following posterior decompression and fusion from L5 to S1.
(13) The austerity programmes administered by western governments in the wake of the 2008 global financial crisis were, of course, intended as a remedy, a tough but necessary course of treatment to relieve the symptoms of debts and deficits and to cure recession.
(14) He had no business getting to that ball ahead of the full-back, who will be mightily relieved.
(15) Following this combination procedure the patients were relieved completely of obstructive jaundice and right upper quadrant pain, leaving only small trocar insertion scars made during the short course of hospitalization.
(16) The medicinal therapy of osteoarthritis is based on the use of analgesics, NSAIDs and corticosteroids to relieve pain and inflammation.
(17) The characteristic signs and symptoms represent the triad of a pulsatile mass in the upper part of the abdomen, intermittent hemorrhage in the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract and severe epigastralgia not relieved by antacids.
(18) Examination of the inhibitory effect of ATP using oligo(dA)12-18 as well as activated DNA as primers revealed that (a) ATP inhibition is not due to its addition onto a 3'-OH primer terminus ad judged by the lack of incorporation of labeled ATP, although under similar conditions incorporation of GTP can be demonstrated, (b) a consistent degree of inhibition was noted independent of primer or enzyme concentration; (c) addition of ATP to an ongoing reaction promptly reduces the rate of polymerization; (d) kinetic studies indicate a competitive (with respect to substrate deoxy triphosphate) pattern of inhibition; (e) addition of excess deoxyribotriphosphate promptly relieves the inhibition.
(19) The results suggest that the pantethine relieves the effect of dosed AL on the drug-metabolizing system in rat liver.
(20) "Richard only finished the music today," said Croall, who seemed deeply relieved that he'd made the deadline on Saturday.
Unburden
Definition:
(v. t.) To relieve from a burden.
(v. t.) To throw off, as a burden; to unload.
Example Sentences:
(1) Practically all patients with an unburdened anamnesis showed abacillation and healing of the cavities under the effect of this treatment.
(2) "Greeks need to unburden their fears," says the comic, the scent of cologne permeating his dressing room after he has danced, sung and quipped his way through another rendition of "Sorry … I'm Greek".
(3) Reasons for deciding on vasectomy were varied, but generally revolved around the absolute effectiveness of the procedure and the need to unburden the wife of contraceptive responsibility.
(4) Citizen journalism is also most effective when conducted in tandem with fact-checking professional journalists, who can work unburdened of the official directives currently being issued on how a big news story should – or shouldn't – be told.
(5) Walking distance was increased by more than 50% by comparison with an unburdened walk in seven patients with the endurance walking test but in only three patients with the six minute walking test.
(6) The students come away unburdened with the sense of inferiority that every previous generation had been instilled with since the days in which the British first labelled Irish as backward.
(7) Constantly harassed in airports by South Korean and Japanese journalists, he unwisely unburdened himself to some: notably Yoji Gomi , who published a book based on extensive email exchanges.
(8) Peggy, finally unburdened, jumped straight on on the phone to Stan … ‘There’s more to life than work’ – Stan Having been staring at him right in the face, Peggy Olson finally found a man worthy of her.
(9) The additional work of carrying the portable gas supply reduced endurance walking distance by 22.2% and six minute walking distance by 14.1% by comparison with a baseline unburdened walk.
(10) And being typecast as a “gay film-maker” can be divisive: “There is still this weird feeling that gay people are fundamentally different from straight people when, actually, we have similar fears and doubts and hopes – although we might have slightly more emotional baggage to drag along for being a minority.” He needed to unburden himself of some of his ideas in a non-gay framework.
(11) The current community mental health movement, struggling under the misnomer "deinstitutionalization," is a worthy effort that can succeed if given adequate support and unburdened of pessimism and scapegoating.
(12) Or why he's chosen to unburden himself about it now.
(13) And Harmers could now go about its business unburdened by judicial criticism.
(14) For all of Lloyd’s ability, her best self only arrived in Canada when US coach Jill Ellis made a tactical shift that placed Lloyd closer to goal and unburdened her of defensive duties.
(15) It’s the only place he feels he can unburden some of the weary load he carries on this lonely journey.
(16) The NHS’s problem is resources not doctors | Letters Read more For those unburdened by anti-Tory prejudice, another interpretation is possible: that the greatest threat to the NHS is not the Conservative party but its own failure to respond to modernity.
(17) The era of brand decontamination appears now to be firmly behind Hague, for he seems unburdened by any concern to distance himself from the past.
(18) Others are really gentle and very good at listening.” Pizii, a breast-cancer survivor herself, understands that for some women the need to unburden is as important as the activities.
(19) Early animal testing of these systems indicated that they could be effective in unburdening the heart cavities during left and right bypasses.
(20) On the other hand I was able to experience the moment completely unburdened.