| Tabs | tablets |
|---|
| relax | 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. Synonym: To slacken, loosen, loose, remit, abate, mitigate, ease, unbend, divert. Origin: L. Relaxare; pref. Re- re- + laxare to loose, to slacken, from laxus loose. See Lax, and cf. Relay, Release. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
|---|
Á¦Ç°¸í |
ÆÇ¸Å»ç |
º¸ÇèÄÚµå | ¼ººÐ/ÇÔ·® | ±¸ºÐ/º¸Çè±Þ¿© |
|---|