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relay verb1. LME.
[from the noun or from Old & mod. French relayer, formed as RE- + laier, ult. repr. Latin laxare: see LEASE noun3.]
verb trans. & intrans. Hunting. Release (fresh hounds) on the track of a deer; hunt (a deer) with relays. Only in LME.
verb trans. Arrange in relays; provide with or replace by relays. LME.
verb intrans. Obtain a fresh relay (of horses). E19.
verb trans. Receive and pass on or retransmit (a broadcast, message, information, etc.). L19.
R. G. Collingwood The wireless relaying evensong from Canterbury Cathedral. I. McEwan They relayed Radio One through speakers. R. Jaffe She relayed all the juicy stories to Alexander.