Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To ease; lighten; relieve; abate.
- noun Relief; ease; abatement; cessation.
- noun Comfort; happiness.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun obsolete Release; remission; ease; relief.
- transitive verb obsolete To free, as from care or pain; to relieve.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Relief ;ease ;abatement ;cessation ;release . - noun
Comfort ;happiness . - noun A
respite frompain . - verb transitive To
ease ;lighten ;relieve ;abate . - verb To
blin ;cease ;stop .
Etymologies
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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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Examples
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It had been the oldtime companion of M'liss's wanderings, and bore evident marks of suffering.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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"Well, that's what I call ongrateful, dog-gone my skin if it ain't," said the guard, who had been evidently struck with M'liss's generosity.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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Now, under her mother's protection and care, he observes another radical change in M'liss's appearance.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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The promise of a handsome contingent fee won't hurt M'liss's prospects any.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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M'liss's readiness and brilliancy, of course, captivated the greatest number, and provoked the greatest applause, and M'liss's antecedents had unconsciously awakened the strongest sympathies of the miners, whose athletic forms were ranged against the walls, or whose handsome bearded faces looked in at the window.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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It was in one of these interviews that the master mentioned the coincidence of the date of the memoranda on the back of M'liss's letter and the day of Smith's suicide.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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The words were scarcely uttered before M'liss's red hand flashed in the air and descended with a sounding box on the traitor's ear.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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But M'liss's popularity was overthrown by an unexpected circumstance.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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From the time they had quitted the burning room to that moment, Waters had passed into his listless, abstracted condition, so helpless and feeble that he retained the grasp of M'liss's hand more through some instinctive prompting rather than the dictates of reason.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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The master, or Mr. Gray, as we may now call him as he draws near the close of his professional career, took the old trail through the forest, which led to M'liss's former hiding-place.
The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers Bret Harte 1869
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