Definition of lief

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Lief (n.) Pleasing; agreeable; acceptable; preferable.

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Release :: Release (n.) Relief from care, pain, or any burden..
Orator :: Orator (n.) In equity proceedings, one who prays for relief; a petitioner..
Succorer :: Succorable (a.) Capable of being succored or assisted; admitting of relief.
Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which makes evident or manifest; that which furnishes, or tends to furnish, proof; any mode of proof; the ground of belief or judgement; as, the evidence of our senses; evidence of the truth or falsehood of a statement..
Nothingarian :: Nothingarian (n.) One of no certain belief; one belonging to no particular sect.
Help :: Help (v. t.) Remedy; relief; as, there is no help for it..
Cenobitism :: Cenobitism (n.) The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite.
Discredit :: Discredit (v. t.) To deprive of credibility; to destroy confidence or trust in; to cause disbelief in the accuracy or authority of.
Rilievo :: Rilievo (n.) Same as Relief, n., 5..
Lief :: Lief (adv.) Willing; disposed.
Stereoscope :: Stereopticon (n.) An instrument, consisting essentially of a magic lantern in which photographic pictures are used, by which the image of a landscape, or any object, may be thrown upon a screen in such a manner as to seem to stand out in relief, so as to form a striking and accurate representation of the object itself; also, a pair of magic lanterns for producing the effect of dissolving views..
Orthodoxy :: Orthodoxy (n.) Soundness of faith; a belief in the doctrines taught in the Scriptures, or in some established standard of faith; -- opposed to heterodoxy or to heresy..
Redress :: Redress (n.) One who, or that which, gives relief; a redresser..
Presume :: Presume (v. t.) To take or suppose to be true, or entitled to belief, without examination or proof, or on the strength of probability; to take for granted; to infer; to suppose..
Cavo-rilievo :: Cavo-rilievo (n.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around..
Relieve :: Relieve (v. t.) To cause to seem to rise; to put in relief; to give prominence or conspicuousness to; to set off by contrast.
Orthodoxy :: Orthodoxy (n.) By extension, said of any correct doctrine or belief..
Credit :: Credit (n.) Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.
Faith :: Faith (n.) The belief in the facts and truth of the Scriptures, with a practical love of them; especially, that confiding and affectionate belief in the person and work of Christ, which affects the character and life, and makes a man a true Christian, -- called a practical, evangelical, or saving faith..
Chemitype :: Chemitype (n.) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press..
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