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Definition of Relieving
1. a. Serving or tending to relieve.
Definition of Relieving
1. Verb. (present participle of ''relieve'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relieving
1. relieve [v] - See also: relieve
Medical Definition of Relieving
1. Serving or tending to relieve. Relieving arch A temporary tackle attached to the tiller of a vessel during gales or an action, in case of accident to the tiller ropes. A strong tackle from a wharf to a careened vessel, to prevent her from going over entirely, and to assist in righting her. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relieving
Literary usage of Relieving
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of Civil Engineering by William John Macquorn Rankine (1863)
"A row of arches having their axes and the faces of their piers at right angles
to the face of a bank of earth are called " relieving arches. ..."
2. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1880)
"his hands no remedy has proved so useful in relieving the pain as guaraná, given
in scruple doses, repeated once or twice if necessary. ..."
3. Journal: 1st-13th Congress . Repr. 14th Congress, 1st Session by United States Congress. House (1837)
"If, therefore, I refrain from suggesting to Congress any specific plan for
regulating the exchanges of the country, relieving mercantile embarrassments, ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"At all events, we may safely adopt it as a sure guide in considering the best
meuu of relieving ourselves from the pressure of tyrannous enactments, ..."
5. La démocratie libérale by Thomas Hodgkin, Etienne Vacherot (1896)
"... and misery had reduced them too low for this. They had enough life left in
them to be rescued, and that was all. Successive Of the relieving army, ..."
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