to stretch out, widen again, make wider: fontibus ora, open, O.: vias et caeca
Spiramenta, relax the ducts, V.—To unloose, loosen, open:
alvus relaxatur: se intestinis relaxantibus: densa,
rarefy, V.: tunicarum vincula, O.—Fig., to abate,
remit, give respite: remittit aliquantum et
relaxat.—To ease, relieve, cheer, relax, lighten: animos doctrinā: animus somno relaxatus: ut ex pristino sermone
relaxarentur animi omnium: homines interdum animis
relaxantur.—To make loose, relax, loosen: constructio verborum dissolutionibus relaxetur: pater indulgens, quicquid
ego astrinxi, relaxat.—To alleviate, mitigate, assuage: tristitiam ac severitatem: quiete laborem, Cu.—To relieve,
release, free, abate: (animi) cum se corporis vinculis relaxaverint:
insani cum relaxentur, i. e. become lucid.
Lewis, Charlton, T. An Elementary Latin Dictionary. New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago. American Book Company. 1890.
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