English

Alternative forms

• releuate [17th century]

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rĕʹlĭvāt, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛlᵻveɪt/

Verb

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

1. (transitive, obsolete) Raise (a person’s) spirits or lighten (his) mood; relieve (someone of a mental or emotional burden).
2. (transitive, obsolete) Raise; elevate.
   1. (figuratively, done to a person) Raise or edify; restore (a person’s) uprightness of character.
   2. (literally done to a thing) Raise or lift up.
3. (intransitive, obsolete, rare) Rise up.

Derived terms

• relevated
• relevator (rare)

References

• “†ˈrelevate, v. (and pa. pple.)” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
• “†relevate, v.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [draft revision, Sept. 2010]

Etymology 2

From the Classical Latin relevātus ‎(“elevated”, “lightened”, “relieved”, “alleviated”), the perfect passive participle of relevō; compare the Italian rilevato.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: rĕʹlĭvət, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛlᵻvət/

Adjective

relevate ‎(not comparable)

1. (obsolete, rare) Raised; elevated.

Latin

Verb

relevāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of relevō