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Definition of Relieved
1. Adjective. (of pain or sorrow) made easier to bear.
2. Adjective. Extending out above or beyond a surface or boundary. "A pile of boards sticking over the end of his truck"
Similar to: Protrusive
Definition of Relieved
1. Adjective. Experiencing or exhibiting relief. ¹
2. Verb. (past of ''relieve'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Relieved
1. relieve [v] - See also: relieve
Lexicographical Neighbors of Relieved
Literary usage of Relieved
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease by American Neurological Association, Philadelphia Neurological Society, Chicago Neurological Society, New York Neurological Association, Boston Society of Psychiatry and Neurology (1890)
"In the vast majority of.these cases the headache was cured; in nearly all relieved.
This fair degree of success prompts him to go to the extreme and to say, ..."
2. The Pilgrim's Progress, from this World to that which is to Come by John Bunyan (1806)
"The Pilgrims are assaulted, but relieved. — Are entertained at the Interpreter's
... relieved ..."
3. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"... found her spirits so very much relieved by this conversation, that she could
not regret her being led on, though so unaccountably, to mention the ..."
4. The Lancet (1842)
"Cured, 9; relieved, 12; irregu- Under a month 5 Anterior Duration. б to 12 months
3 1 to G ... Cured, 21 ; relieved, 6; irregu- ' " lillie's combination of ..."
5. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1853)
"Traumatic Tetanus relieved by the 'Inhalation of Chloroform. By THOS. ... This was
relieved by an emetic. Gave ol. ricini, Jij; ..."
6. Retrospections of an Active Life by John Bigelow (1909)
"RETROSPECTIONS OF AN ACTIVE LIFE i REQUEST TO BE relieved OF THE CONSULATE BIGELOW
TO SEWARD PARIS, ... I wish to be relieved from my consular functions. ..."
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