relevate

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/ˈɹɛlɪveɪt//ˈɹɛlɪvət/

verb

Raise (a person’s) spirits or lighten (his) mood; relieve (someone of a mental or emotional burden).

OriginLatin relevātus →
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Meanings

verbrelevate (third-person singular simple present relevates, present participle relevating, simple past and past participle relevated)

present singular third person relevates · participle present relevating · participle past relevated · past relevated · alternative releuate

  1. obsoletetransitiveRaise (a person’s) spirits or lighten (his) mood; relieve (someone of a mental or emotional burden).
  2. Raise; elevate.
    1. figurativelyobsoletetransitivedone to a personRaise or edify; restore (a person’s) uprightness of character.
    2. literallyobsoletetransitivedone to a thingRaise or lift up.
  3. intransitiveobsoleterareRise up.
adjectiverelevate (not comparable)

alternative releuate

  1. not comparableobsoleterareRaised; elevated.

Origin

  1. Latinrelevātus
  2. Englishrelevate

From Latin relevātus, the perfect passive participle of relevō (“to raise, lighten, relieve, alleviate”); compare Middle French and Modern French relever, as well as English relevation. Doublet of relieve.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

revelate
Cite this entry
APA

relevate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relevate

MLA

“relevate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relevate. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “relevate,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/relevate.

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