Verb

(reliev)

To ease (a person, person's thoughts etc.) from mental distress; to stop (someone) feeling anxious or worried, to alleviate the distress of.

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To ease (someone, a part of the body etc.) or give relief from physical pain or discomfort.

To alleviate (pain, distress, mental discomfort etc.).

To provide comfort or assistance to (someone in need, especially in poverty).

(obsolete) To lift up; to raise again.

(legal) To free (someone) from debt or legal obligations; to give legal relief to.

This shall not relieve either Party of any obligations.

To bring military help to (a besieged town); to lift the seige on.

To release (someone) from or of a difficulty, unwanted task, responsibility etc.

(military, job) To free (someone) from their post, task etc. by taking their place.

* 1819 , (Lord Byron), , III.76:

The henna should be deeply dyed to make / The skin relieved appear more fairly fair [...].

* 1927 , (Countee Cullen), From the Dark Tower :

The night whose sable breast relieves the stark / White stars is no less lovely being dark

(reflexive) To go to the toilet; to defecate or urinate.

Verb

(reviv)

To return to life; to recover life or strength; to live anew; to become reanimated or reinvigorated.

The Lord heard the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into again, and he revived . 1 Kings xvii. 22.

The dying puppy was revived by a soft hand.

Her grandmother refused to be revived if she lost consciousness

To recover from a state of oblivion, obscurity, neglect, or depression; as, classical learning revived in the fifteenth century.

In recent years, The Manx language has been revived after dying out and is now taught in some schools on the Isle of Man.

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To restore, or bring again to life; to reanimate.

Hopefully this new paint job should revive the surgery waiting room

To raise from coma, languor, depression, or discouragement; to bring into action after a suspension.

Hence, to recover from a state of neglect or disuse; as, to revive letters or learning.

To renew in the mind or memory; to bring to recollection; to recall attention to; to reawaken.

The Harry Potter films revived the world's interest in wizardry

To recover its natural or metallic state, as a metal.

To restore or reduce to its natural or metallic state

revive a metal after calcination.