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relift

verb

Etymology

From re- + lift.

  1. derived from *lewp-✻ — “to peel, break off, damage”
  2. inherited from *luftuz✻ — “roof, sky, air”
  3. inherited from *luftu✻
  4. inherited from lyft — “atmosphere, air”
  5. inherited from lifte
  6. prefixed as relift — “re + lift”

Definitions

  1. To lift something again.

  2. Pertaining to a pumping system that raises the level of water that is flowing in a…

    Pertaining to a pumping system that raises the level of water that is flowing in a waterway.

    • A relift pump would then raise the water to another concrete-lined canal on compacted fill.
    • The purpose of this wasteway is to provide for emergency waste in the canal in case of unscheduled shutdown of the relift pumping plant.
    • The proposed Stanfield canal, Stanfield relift pump, and Stanfield relift canal and siphon features were not surveyed at this time because they cross irrigated croplands.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA