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Webster 1913 Edition

Relevant

Rel′e-vant

(-vant)
,
Adj.
[F.
relevant
, p. pr. of
relever
to raise again, to relieve. See
Relieve
.]
1.
Relieving; lending aid or support.
[R.]
Pownall.
2.
Bearing upon, or properly applying to, the case in hand; pertinent; applicable.
Close and
relevant
arguments have very little hold on the passions.
Sydney Smith.
3.
(Scots Law)
Sufficient to support the cause.

Webster 1828 Edition

Relevant

REL'EVANT

,
Adj.
[L. relever, to relieve, to advance, to raise; re and lever, to raise.]
1.
Relieving; lending aid or support.
2.
Pertinent; applicable. The testimony is not relevant to the case. The argument is not relevant to the question. [This is the sense in which the word is now generally used.]
3.
Sufficient to support the cause.

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