relèvement (rĕ-lèv-mān), n.m., raising again; statement, account; (nav.) rising, bearing.
relever (rĕl-vé), v.a., to raise again, to lift up again; to tuck up; to restore; to raise; to curl up, to twirl up; to heighten, to relieve, to set off; to cry up, to extol; to notice, to remark; to take up; to give a relish to; to liberate, to free; to retort; to criticize; (nav.) to take the bearings of. — des fortifications; to restore fortifications. — un fossé; to raise up the banks of a ditch. — le courage de quelqu’un; to raise any one’s courage. Relevez votre robe; tuck up your gown. — les bords d’un chapeau; to turn up the rim of a hat. — un mot; to criticize a word. — la tête; to raise one’s head again. La parure relève la bonne mine; dress sets off a handsome face. — une action; to extol an action. — quelqu’un; to raise any one. Se faire — de ses vœux; to get one’s vows annulled. — la garde; to relieve guard. — une sentinelle; to relieve a sentry. — un vaisseau; to get a ship afloat again. — l’ancre; to shift the position of the anchor. — une côte; to take the bearings of a coast; to survey a coast. — le quart; (nav.) to set the watch.
se relever, v.r., to rise again; to get up again, to rise; to rise up, to get up; to recover, to retrieve one’s losses; to relieve each other; to take turns; to be raised; (nav.) to right itself (of a ship).
relever, v.r., to recover; to get better; to turn up; to depend; to be dependent upon; to be amenable (to) (jur.). — de maladie; to recover from illness. — de coucher; to be about again (after confinement); to be churched.
releveur, n.m. and adj., (anat.) levator; elevator.
reliage, n.m., hooping (of casks).
relief, n.m., relief, relievo, embossment; embossing; set-off. Bas-—, (—-—s) bas-relief, bass-relief, basso-relievo, low-relief. Haut, plein —, — entier; high-relief, alto-relievo. Demi-—, (—-—) demi-relievo. Ouvrage de —; work in relief. Donner du —; to set off; to give relief; to make conspicuous; to give importance to.
☉reliefs, n.m.pl., remains, leavings, broken scraps (from the table).
reliement, n.m., union, joining, junction; connecting, connection.
relier, v.a., to hoop (casks); to bind (books).