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单词 relevation
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relevationn.

Forms: late Middle English relevacion, late Middle English relevacioun, late Middle English–1500s releuacion, late Middle English–1600s relevation.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French relevation; Latin relevation-, relevatio.
Etymology: < Anglo-Norman relevacioun, Anglo-Norman and Middle French relevacion, relevation action of relieving, improving (a1377 or earlier in Anglo-Norman) and its etymon post-classical Latin relevation-, relevatio relief, alleviation (4th cent.; frequently from 11th cent. in British sources), feudal relief (frequently from 11th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin relevāt- , past participial stem of relevāre relieve v. + -iō -ion suffix1. Compare later relevate v.
Obsolete.
The action of raising, lifting up, or supporting (literally or figuratively). Cf. later relevate v.
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the mind > emotion > pleasure > cheerfulness > [noun] > action of cheering
relevation?1418
heartening1534
cheering1580
enliving1602
brightening1642
enlivening1674
the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > preservation from injury or destruction > [noun] > preservation in being or maintenance
sustenance1389
relevation?1418
sustentation1477
supportation?a1500
sustentmenta1500
upbearing1501
entertainment1568
maintaining1644
?1418–19 Guildhall Let.-bk. in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt Bk. London Eng. (1931) 97 (MED) Þe Mair and Aldermen..for amendement and releuacion of the people..haue ordeined and stablisshed..þat no maner persone..medle..with any maner of brocage with-inne þis Cite.
1433 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. July 1433 §38. m. 7 Wheruppon it like to youre seide mageste..yn relevation of that charge, of youre habundant grace to anulle the seide porte of Melcombe.
1450–1 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Nov. 1450 §18. m. 8 In relevation of oure navie, and supportation of the grete charges of the same.
c1460 (?c1400) Tale of Beryn 3687 They..þankid God..Of hir relevacioun from woo in-to gladnes.
1471 in C. Gross Gild Merchant (1890) II. 262 Payng for theire stondynge..i d. in releuacion of the kynges ferme.
1506 in Orkney & Shetland Rec. (1907) I. 247 In the quhilkis relevatione of labouris I ordene discreit men.
1543 ( Chron. J. Hardyng (1812) 48 (MED) He had..doughters..for theyr releuacion..with Troyans wer alyed.
1606 J. Carpenter Schelomonocham xxxiii. f. 136 The worde which the King here vseth..hath tediousnesse and no relevation, it hath sorrowfull despare.
1658 E. Phillips New World Eng. Words Relevation, a raising or lifting up again.
1675 G. Thomson Ορθο-μέθοδος ἰατρο-χυμικὴ: Direct Method curing Chymically xvii. 159 [Mercury]..doth assist Nature to disturb, Ferret, profligate, vitious, lentous, stubborn, coagulated foulness,..with Relevation.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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