RELIEVE, RELIEVED
ADJECTIVES
► HEART-EASED eased in mind, mentally relieved → 1902 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SUCCOURABLE capable of being helped or relieved → 1654
VERBS
► ALLEVE to relieve, to alleviate → a1546 obs.
► BEET to relieve, to help, to aid, to assist a person in need or trouble; to supply the wants of → a1300 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► BESTEAD to help, to assist, to relieve → 1581
► BOOT to make better; to cure, to relieve, to heal; to remedy → c1330 obs.
► DAVE to assuage, to mitigate, to relieve; to soothe → 1781 Eng. dial.
► EASY to make easy, to facilitate; to relieve, to assist → 1567 obs.
► GET SOMETHING OFF ONE’S CHEST to relieve one’s mind by making a statement or confession → 1902 sl.
► LEVIATE to relieve suffering → 1545 obs.
► SUCCOUR to relieve or remedy a state of want, weakness, etc.; to relieve a diseased condition → 1526 obs.