relaxes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of relax
Source: Wiktionary
Re*lax" (r-lks"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Relaxed (-lkst"); p. pr. & vb. n. Relaxing.] Etym: [L. relaxare; pref. re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, n., Release.]
1. To make lax or loose; to make less close, firm, rigid, tense, or the like; to slacken; to loosen; to open; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews. Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. Milton. Nor served it to relax their serried files. Milton.
2. 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.
3. Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
4. To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Syn.
– To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.
Re*lax", v. i.
1. To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope.
2. To abate in severity; to become less rigorous. In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. Prior.
3. To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Re*lax", n.
Definition: Relaxation. [Obs.] Feltham.
Re**lax", a.
Definition: Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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