slacken
slacken
v. trans.
P. and V. χᾰλᾶν, ἀ̆νῑέναι, P. ἐπανιέναι, V. ἐξᾰνῑέναι; see relax.V. intrans. P. ἐπανιέναι.
Abate: P. and V. λωφᾶν, ἀ̆νῑέναι.
v. trans.
P. and V. χᾰλᾶν, ἀ̆νῑέναι, P. ἐπανιέναι, V. ἐξᾰνῑέναι; see relax.V. intrans. P. ἐπανιέναι.
Abate: P. and V. λωφᾶν, ἀ̆νῑέναι.
SLACKEN
Transitively To make slack laxare (general term to lessen the tension of anything): relaxare (to relax to unbend; e.g. of a bow or its string †): remittere (to lessen the tightness to let go to some degree; e.g. the reins a bridle; then of the string of a bow; also of the latter arcum retendere †): mollire: emollire (PROP.; e.g. of the thong of a spear jaculi amentum emollire; then also IMPROP. to slacken anybody’s energies to weaken or effeminate) [Vid : also ” to make SLACK”].
To loosen solvere: resolvere: relaxare (to relax to make rather loose): expedire (to set free anything that was entangled).
To mitigate mitigare: mitiorem facere: mollire: molliorem facere (to cause to become more yielding to cause to give way): levare (to alleviate to cause some relief).
To weaken [Vid: DEBILITATE]. To slacken the energies of the mind frangere vires animi; debilitare animum: to slacken both the bodily and mental energies corporis et mentis nervos frangere: to slacken anybody’s mental energies languorem afferre alicui.
To dissolve lime macerare (i.e. to soak). The slackening of lime maceratio calcis.
Intransitively To be freed from tension laxari: relaxari: remitti. [SYN. above.]
To languish to become weak languescere: elanguescere: relanguescere.
To become rather loose flaccessere (of sails; then IMPROP. of a speech).
To abate remittere: remitti (e.g. rain fever pain etc.): minui: minuere (to lessen to be lessened; e.g. of the violence of waters etc.; Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. on the intransitive minuere): defervescere (to subside; e.g. passions anger etc.): residere (to cool to abate to go off; e.g. anger impetuosity etc.). To slacken for a time intermittere (e.g. of a flame of rain etc.): anybody’s activity is slackening languescit industrial: the zeal of anybody for anything slackens languidiore studio est in aliqua re: to allow one’s zeal to slacken studium alicujus rei deponere; friendship amicitiam sensim dissuere (Cic. Lael. 21 76): you never slacken in your work nullum tempus remittis: to slacken for a while aliquid intermittere.
Transitively To make slack laxare (general term to lessen the tension of anything): relaxare (to relax to unbend; e.g. of a bow or its string †): remittere (to lessen the tightness to let go to some degree; e.g. the reins a bridle; then of the string of a bow; also of the latter arcum retendere †): mollire: emollire (PROP.; e.g. of the thong of a spear jaculi amentum emollire; then also IMPROP. to slacken anybody’s energies to weaken or effeminate) [Vid : also ” to make SLACK”].
To loosen solvere: resolvere: relaxare (to relax to make rather loose): expedire (to set free anything that was entangled).
To mitigate mitigare: mitiorem facere: mollire: molliorem facere (to cause to become more yielding to cause to give way): levare (to alleviate to cause some relief).
To weaken [Vid: DEBILITATE]. To slacken the energies of the mind frangere vires animi; debilitare animum: to slacken both the bodily and mental energies corporis et mentis nervos frangere: to slacken anybody’s mental energies languorem afferre alicui.
To dissolve lime macerare (i.e. to soak). The slackening of lime maceratio calcis.
Intransitively To be freed from tension laxari: relaxari: remitti. [SYN. above.]
To languish to become weak languescere: elanguescere: relanguescere.
To become rather loose flaccessere (of sails; then IMPROP. of a speech).
To abate remittere: remitti (e.g. rain fever pain etc.): minui: minuere (to lessen to be lessened; e.g. of the violence of waters etc.; Vid: Herzog Caes. B.G. on the intransitive minuere): defervescere (to subside; e.g. passions anger etc.): residere (to cool to abate to go off; e.g. anger impetuosity etc.). To slacken for a time intermittere (e.g. of a flame of rain etc.): anybody’s activity is slackening languescit industrial: the zeal of anybody for anything slackens languidiore studio est in aliqua re: to allow one’s zeal to slacken studium alicujus rei deponere; friendship amicitiam sensim dissuere (Cic. Lael. 21 76): you never slacken in your work nullum tempus remittis: to slacken for a while aliquid intermittere.