relevation
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English
Etymology
From Middle English relevacion, relevacioun, relevation, from Middle French relevation and its etymon Latin relevātiō, from relevāre. See relieve. By surface analysis, relevate + -ion.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
relevation
- (obsolete) A raising or lifting up.
References
- ^ “relevāciǒun, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- ^ “relevation, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “relevation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)