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The act of relieving, or the state of being relieved; relief; release. [Archaic.]

leasure; to like the flavor of; to partake of with gratification; hence, to enjoy; to be pleased with or gratified by; to experience pleasure from; as, to relish food. Now I begin to relish thy advice. Shak. He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honors which he enjoys. Atterbury.

Renewal of a lease.

To send, give, or grant back; torelease a claim to; to resign or surrender by deed; to return. Blackstone.

which is due; relinquishment of a claim, right, or obligation; pardon of transgression; release from forfeiture, penalty, debt, etc. This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. Matt. xxvi. 28. That ples, therefore, . . . Will gain thee no remission. Milton.…

right) a new one of the same nature; to continue in force; to make again; as, to renew a lease, note, or patent.

Capable of being renewed; as, a lease renewable at pleasure. Swift.

To grant the possession and enjoyment of, for a rent; to lease; as, the owwner of an estate or house rents it.

One who rents or leases an estate; -- usually said of a lessee or tenant.

To ransom; to release; to rescue. [Obs.] Howell.

Without rescue or release.

resembling; likeness; similitude; similarity. One main end of poetry and painting is to please; they bear a great resemblance to each other. Dryden.

A cord by which the gas bag of a balloon may be ripped open for a limited distance to release the gas quickly and so cause immediate descent.

To repent of, and withdraw from, as a bargain; to get released from. [Prov. Eng.]

k or beginning a new paragraph. -- To run out. (a) To come to an end; to expire; as, the lease runs out Michaelmas. (b) To extend; to spread. "Insectile animals . . . run all out into legs." Hammond. (c) To expatiate; as, to run out into beautiful digressions. (d) To be wasted or exhausted; to become poor; to become e…

To cause to relish anything, as if with a sauce; to tickle or gratify, as the palate; to please; to stimulate; hence, to cover, mingle, or dress, as if with sauce; to make an application to. [R.] Earth, yield me roots; Who seeks for better of thee, sauce his palate With thy most operant poison! Shak.…

rmal list or inventory; a list or catalogue annexed to a larger document, as to a will, a lease, a statute, etc.

A swift sailing boat. [Obs.] So we took a scout, very much pleased with the manner and conversation of the passengers. Pepys.

nce, assurance; certainty. His trembling hand had lost the ease, Which marks security to please. Sir W. Scott.

now seemed probable." Macaulay. Thou picture of what thou seem'st. Shak. All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all. Milton. There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death. Prov. xiv. 12. It seems, it appears; it is understood as true; it is said. A prince of Italy,…