relier
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of relier
Example Sentences
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On fut oblig� de le relier tout entier avec un cercle de fer.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
"All's well!" said he with a breath of relier.
From Gilian The Dreamer His Fancy, His Love and Adventure by Munro, Neil
Kossuth has doubtless made a great mistake in taking his position here; it is the mistake of a word-maker and of a relier on words, and he has not mended the matter by defining.
From Autobiography and Letters of Orville Dewey, D.D. Edited by his Daughter by Dewey, Mary Elizabeth
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