relax

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1. 1.To make less severe or rogorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, esrnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors. The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legilature. Swift.
2. 2.Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
3. 3.To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
4. 4.To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope.
5. 5.To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. Prior.
6. 6.To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
7. 7.Relaxation. [Obs.] Feltham.
8. 8.Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind called?
• What is to relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels called?
• What is to become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope called?
• What is to abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. Prior called?
• What is to remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study called?