a. Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
Horror . . . all his joints relaxed. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
Nor served it to relax their serried files. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. i.
His knees relax with toil. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
In others she relaxed again,
And governed with a looser rein. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. Relaxation. [ Obs. ] Feltham. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Capable of being relaxed. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. relaxans, p. pr. of relaxare. ] (Med.) A medicine that relaxes; a laxative. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ L. relaxatio; cf. F. relaxation. ]
a. Having the quality of relaxing; laxative. --