releven

Middle English

Alternative forms

• relieven

Etymology

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”).

Verb

releven

1. (Late Middle English) to relieve

Conjugation

Conjugation of releven (weak in -ed)

infinitive	(to) releven, releve
	present tense	past tense
1st-person singular	releve	releved
2nd-person singular	relevest	relevedest
3rd-person singular	releveth	releved
subjunctive singular	releve
imperative singular		—
plural1	releven, releve	releveden, relevede
imperative plural	releveth, releve	—
participles	relevynge, relevende	releved, yreleved

¹Sometimes used as a formal 2nd-person singular.

Descendants

• English: relieve

References

• “relẹ̄ven, v..”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Spanish

Verb

releven

1. inflection of relevar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative