relevé
[ rel-uh-vey; French ruhluh-vey ]
nounBallet.
a rising up onto full point or half point from the flat of the feet.
Origin of relevé
11925–30; <French: literally, raised, past participle of relever;see relieve
Words Nearby relevé
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How to use relevé in a sentence
Potts very unwell this evening owing to rideing a hard trotting horse; I give him a pill of Opiom which Soon releve him.
The Journals of Lewis and Clark | Meriwether Lewis and William ClarkAppius Claudius et senex et cæcus, a father full of wisedome can releve the state of decaying Rome.
Elizabethan and Jacobean Pamphlets | VariousCependant, comme Nic Deck gardait le silence, il s'en suit que la proposition du ptour ne fut releve par personne.
Le chteau des Carpathes | Jules Verne
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