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===verb transitive===

[[alleviate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικουφίζειν]], [[ἀπαντλεῖν]] ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξευμαρίζειν]]; see [[alleviate]].

[[put a stop to]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παύειν]].

[[comfort]], [[cheer]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[παραμυθεῖσθαι]] ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 298), [[verse|V.]] [[παρηγορεῖν]].

[[relieve from]], [[free from]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἀφιέναι]] ([[τινά τινος]]), [[ἀπαλλάσσειν]] ([[τινά τινος]]), [[ἀπολύειν]] ([[τινά τινος]]) ([[Euripides]], ''[[Orestes]]'' 1236), [[verse|V.]] [[κουφίζειν]] ([[τινά τινος]]); see [[deliver]].

[[relieve from labour]]: [[verse|V.]] [[μόχθου ἐπικουφίζειν]].

[[relieve from troubles]]: [[verse|V.]] [[ἀποκουφίζειν κακῶν]].

[[may the gods relieve you of your sickness]]: [[verse|V.]] [[καί σε δαίμονες νόσου μεταστήσειαν]] ([[Sophocles]], ''[[Philoctetes]]'' 462).

[[go to the help of]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[βοηθεῖν]] (dat.); see [[help]].

[[they made their attacks taking turns to relieve]]: [[prose|P.]] [[ἀναπαύοντες ἐν τῷ μέρει τοὺς ἐπίπλους ἐποιοῦντο]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 4, 11).

[[relieve a person of a duty]], etc., [[take it over from him]]: [[prose|P.]] [[διαδέχεσθαι]] (τί [[τινι]]).

[[they did not relieve Nicias of the command]]: [[prose|P.]] [[τὸν Νικίαν οὐ παρέλυσαν τῆς ἀρχῆς]] ([[Thucydides|Thuc.]] 7, 16).
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