relieve – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of relieve

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to relieve
Participle: relieved
Gerund: relieving

Cognates

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Indicative

Present

Irelieve
yourelieve
he;she;itrelieves
werelieve
yourelieve
theyrelieve

Perfect

Ihave relieved
youhave relieved
he;she;ithas relieved
wehave relieved
youhave relieved
theyhave relieved

Past

Irelieved
yourelieved
he;she;itrelieved
werelieved
yourelieved
theyrelieved

Pluperfect

Ihad relieved
youhad relieved
he;she;ithad relieved
wehad relieved
youhad relieved
theyhad relieved

Future

Iwill relieve
youwill relieve
he;she;itwill relieve
wewill relieve
youwill relieve
theywill relieve

Future Perfect

Iwill have relieved
youwill have relieved
he;she;itwill have relieved
wewill have relieved
youwill have relieved
theywill have relieved

Subjunctive

Present

Irelieve
yourelieve
he;she;itrelieve
werelieve
yourelieve
theyrelieve

Perfect

Ihave relieved
youhave relieved
he;she;ithave relieved
wehave relieved
youhave relieved
theyhave relieved

Imperfect

Irelieved
yourelieved
he;she;itrelieved
werelieved
yourelieved
theyrelieved

Pluperfect

Ihad relieved
youhad relieved
he;she;ithad relieved
wehad relieved
youhad relieved
theyhad relieved

Conditional

Present

Iwould relieve
youwould relieve
he;she;itwould relieve
wewould relieve
youwould relieve
theywould relieve

Perfect

Iwould have relieved
youwould have relieved
he;she;itwould have relieved
wewould have relieved
youwould have relieved
theywould have relieved

Imperative

yourelieve
weLet's relieve
yourelieve

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam relieving
youare relieving
he;she;itis relieving
weare relieving
youare relieving
theyare relieving

Perfect

Ihave been relieving
youhave been relieving
he;she;ithas been relieving
wehave been relieving
youhave been relieving
theyhave been relieving

Past

Iwas relieving
youwere relieving
he;she;itwas relieving
wewere relieving
youwere relieving
theywere relieving

Pluperfect

Ihad been relieving
youhad been relieving
he;she;ithad been relieving
wehad been relieving
youhad been relieving
theyhad been relieving

Future

Iwill be relieving
youwill be relieving
he;she;itwill be relieving
wewill be relieving
youwill be relieving
theywill be relieving

Future Perfect

Iwill have been relieving
youwill have been relieving
he;she;itwill have been relieving
wewill have been relieving
youwill have been relieving
theywill have been relieving

Conditional

Present

Iwould be relieving
youwould be relieving
he;she;itwould be relieving
wewould be relieving
youwould be relieving
theywould be relieving

Perfect

Iwould have been relieving
youwould have been relieving
he;she;itwould have been relieving
wewould have been relieving
youwould have been relieving
theywould have been relieving

Other

Verbs similar to 'relieve'

believe, relive, alieve, prelive, rebelieve, reeve, regive, relevel, relife, relime,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to provide assistance to someone or something
abet, aid, assist, befriend, bestead, come to someone's aid, give someone a hand, grip, help, help out, lend a hand, lend a helping hand, mend, stead, succor, succour, support, sustain
assuage
alleviate, ease, allay, mollify, abate, lessen, lighten, mitigate
aid
assist, help, remedy, succor, support, sustain
dismiss
discharge, release

Antonyms

to evoke extreme anger in a person (or animal)
allay, appease, assuage, beguile, bewitch, calm, captivate, charm, comfort, conciliate, console, defuse, disarm, enchant, lull, mollify, pacify, placate, quiet, settle, soothe, enrage
to cause pain
alleviate, analgesize, benumb, comfort, dave, ease, heal, numb, soothe, hurt
aid
hinder, impede, obstruct, thwart
dismiss
employ, hire, engage, retain

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. c.1300, from O.Fr. relever "to raise, relieve" (11c.), from L. relevare "to raise, alleviate," from re-, intensive prefix, + levare "to lift up, lighten," from levis "not heavy" (see lever). The notion is "to raise (someone) out of trouble." Reliever in the baseball pitcher sense is recorded from 1967.
2. From Late Middle English releven, from Old French relever, specifically from the conjugated forms such as (jeo) relieve (“I lift up”), and its source, Latin relevo (“to lift up, lighten, relieve, alleviate”), combined form of re- (“back”) + levo (“to lift”). Doublet of relevate. Compare levant, levity, etc. See: Middle English 'releven', Old French 'relever', Latin 'relevo'.

Sample Sentences

  • At this critical juncture, old Cudjoe, the black man-of-all-work, put his head in at the door, and wished “ Missis would come into the kitchen; ” and our senator, tolerably relieved, looked after his little wife with a whimsical mixture of amusement and vexation, and, seating himself in the arm-chair, began to read the papers. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] fussy and particular in his appearance. He was very careful of his valise and umbrella, bringing them in with his own hands, and resisting, pertinaciously, all offers from the various servants to relieve him of them. He looked round the barroom with rather an anxious air, and, retreating with his valuables to the warmest corner, disposed them under his chair, sat down, and looked rather [...] (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • [...] In the girls ’ school, reading was proposed; and as I felt tolerably equal to that art, I expressed my willingness to hear a class. Books were distributed accordingly, and some half-dozen girls relieved each other in reading paragraphs from English History. But it seemed to be a dry compilation, infinitely above their powers; and when they had blundered through three or four dreary passages [...] (American Notes for General Circulation)
  • “ Indeed, my dear, ” said St. Clare, “ I thought our cousin relieved you of that. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • “ You talk like a man, St. Clare,—just as if a mother _could_ be relieved of the care of a child in that state; but, then, it's all alike,—no one ever knows what I feel ! I can't throw things off, as you do. ” (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
  • The woman, whom long practice with the victims of brutality had made familiar with many healing arts, went on to make many applications to Tom's wounds, by means of which he was soon somewhat relieved. (Uncle Tom’s Cabin)