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Show R Reva'v . Protioin anfwering to an antecedent o \ Learn the right jeining of fubftantives with adeétives, and the relative with the antecedent Lfcham's Schoolmafter YW he other one t and carries its view fro this is relation and refpect intimatin Locke All thofe things, that feem fo foul and difagree ble in nature, are not really fo in themfelves, bu the greatef goo or th More greatef ! Confide ""arvey the variou ‘ther beings relation in whic 2 4 5 Milron . Toremit; to make lefs fevere or rigorThe ftatute of mortmain was at feveral time Swwift elaxed by the legiflature 3. Remiffion of a claim "To make lefs attentive or laborious. " The king made a great feaft, and made a re/eaf Efther, il 18 to the provinces, and gave gifts The king would not have one penny abated, o what had been granted by parliament; becaufe i might encourage other counties to pray the like reBacon leafe or mitigation nor difficulty fright Vanity of Wifbes as, converfatio To eafe; to divert "relaxes the ftudent To open ; to loofe Itferv'd not to relax their ferried files JReLaAx 'To be mild @.n 4. Acquittance from a debt figned by th creditor 7o RE'LEGATE. w. a. [releguer, French Milton t b _..remifs ; to be not rigorous . Ifin fome regards fhe chof j+**To curb poor Paulo in too clofe To banilh; to exile relego, Latin. RELEGA TION. 7. /[ [relegation, Br. relegatio, Latin.] Exile; judicial banifh In others fhe relax'd again i iiAnd. govern'd with a loofer rein uifELAXA‘TION. 7. / «.+7 laxatio, Lat. «", Diminutio it loofening o Prior [relaxation, Fr 7e ment Accordin tenfion th a In fome houfes, fweetmeats will re/ent more > tha in others In that foft cf reftraint s 'lhore; and at the deluge a relaxatio % oveiflowed the land being made Burnet An 2 their tow " moiftur of th air whereix if it be left long, i Boyle cios 0PI Deliafmile, the flow'rs begin to:{pring I The fkies to brighten, and the birds tofing fhat he allows us fome recreation : fo doubtlefs h indulges the fame relaxation to our minds Adddifen's Freckoider Bacon Hufh'd are the birds, A3 God has not fo'devoted our bodies to toil, bu pex. fdflxéd!ion; in bufinefs rain, which is but th feem to receive i n the zelenting of th All nature m 4 Remiffion of attention or application Pope 3. To grow lefs intenfe Yhav to feel compafiion Can you behol My tears, and not once relent 2 Shake[p. Henry V P'll not be made a foft and dull-ey'd foo To fhaké the head, relenr, and figh, and yiel To chriftian interceflors. Shakefp. Merch. of Venice Undoubtedly he will re/ent, and tur Fro Milton his difpieafure He fung and hell confente To hear the peet's pray'r And gave him back the fair 70 RELE'NT Pop 1 @. a 1. To flacken ; to remit Obfo'ete Apace he fhot, and yet he fled apace And oftentimes he would relent his pace ‘That him his foe more fiercely thould purfue. Spen/ 2. To foften; to mollify Obfolete Air hated earth, and water hated fire Till love relented their rebellious ire % ».\t-.l.‘ru" RELE'NTLESS. adj. [from relent. 1. Unpitying ; unmoved by kindnefs o tendernefs For this th', avenging pow'r employs his darts Thus will petfift, relentlefs in his ire Tilkthe fair flave be render'd to her fire Dryder Why fhould the weeping hero no Relentlefs to their wifhes prove 2. In Milton ted Prior it perhaps figuifies unremit intenfel fixe upo difquietin objeéts Only in deftroying, I find eaf To my relentlefs thovyhts Milton™s Paradife Loff RE'LEVANYT adj [French. Reliev ing Diét Reveva'tion. #. [ [relevatio, Latin. A raifing or lifting up Revi'ance. #n. /. [from rely.] Truft dependance confidence repof o mind: with oz before the obje& of truft His days and times are paft And my reliance on his fradted date Has {mit my credit That pellucid gelatinou Shake[peare's Tinon fubftance, which h pitches upon with fo great refiance and pofitivenefs is chiefly of animal conftitutiom Woodavard He fecured and encreafed his profperity, by a humbl behaviour towards God and a dutiful ref/i ance on his providence Atterbury They afforded a fufficient conviétion of thi truth, and a firm re/iance on the promifes containe in it Rogers Refignation in death, and reliance oz the divin mercies, give comfort to the friends of the dying Clariffa Misfortunes often reduce us to a better reliance to fix u French. to call upo will totally be dif of the reafons which gives the bifhop terrible apprehenfion§ of popery coming on us Savift "Gowernment of the Tongue + There would be no bufinefs in f'olit{dc, nor ‘gm fee moift to gro melt Salt of tartar, brought to fufion, and placed i , in a few minutes, begin to relent a cellar by the imbibe have 'its furface foftene an ! relaxation to one Bertelier, whom the elderfhip ha /. excommunicated Hagker -The relaxation of the ftatute of mortmain, is on T 4. To foften in temper; to grow tender RELICK. a. [. [religuie, Latin ; religac the geaial ray relentin comfort the air confen feal gart Crow ¢+ Remiffion; abatement of rigour by commo opening b Whe Digby on Bodie of air than that we have been accuftome Call fort it The fea is not Higher than the land, as fom 7 Iméagined the fea ftood upon heap higher than th unde extrabrdinar to give ¢ Many, who live healthy in a dry air, fall int " v all the difeafes that depend upon relaxationin a moi .+ one Arbuthnot of their whole fenate th law civi 7o RELE'N Bacon They childifhly granted th t of adultery was deportation or relegatio punifmen o Cold fweats are many times mortal 5 for tha they come by a re/axation or forfaking of the fpirits ot Ceffatio [relafche, French; fro O fatal fearch! in which the lab'ring mind Still prefs'd with weight of woe, itill hopes to fin A fhadow of delight, adream of peace From years of pain, one moment of refeaje. Prior b QW Not in ufe the verb. 1. Difmiflion from confinement, {ervitude or pain 2. Relaxation of a penalty "tan through his veins, and all his joints relax'd Nor praife re/(gt relcas'd fom Milton Deuteronomy }ad hereleas'd his right to flacken relax T Revea'se. #n. / Adam, amaz'd \ftonied ftood, and black, while horrour chil deat It may not feem hard, if in cafes of neceflit certain profitable ordinances fometimes be releafed rather than all men always ftri¢tly bound to the geHooker neral rigor thereof fouthern wind bloweth Bacon's Natural Hiffory or penalty To quit ; to let go bour fhall releafe it He had been bafe ~To flacken ; to make lefs tenfe th fro becauf fecure days The workmen let glafs cogl by degrees in- fuc relentings of fire, as they call ‘their nealing heat f left it fhould fhiver in pieces by a violen Stern Proferpine relented For fuch an empire none but kings fhould fight. Dry "LaTIVENESS. #. /. [from relative. "'The ftate of having relation "RELAX. @w. a. [relaxo, Latin. . The finews, whe re more relax To fet free from pain Every creditor that lendeth ought unto his neigh being a it ftands t Watts Mattheaw A valour fatal to the enemy Dryden Why fhould-a reafonable man put it into th power of fortune to malke him miferable, when hi anceftors have taken care to r¢/cafe him from her Lryden is in itfelf, before you confider it relatively, o " [relafcher, relaxer Pilate faid, whom will ye that I releafe unto you To Sprait the abfolute affections of an w. a 3. To free from obligation vil, either abfolutely fo in themfelves, orrelatimel 5 to us; it is therefore good to be zealoufly affe&e _ orthe one againft the other the road to relieve others You releas'd his courage, and fet fre VWLATIVELY. adv. [from relative.] A it refpeéts fomething elfe ; not abfo"lutely "nly relatively Thefe bein Horfe 1. To fer free from confinement or fervitude and the de things % jominations given to pofitiv hat refpet, are relatives [relais, French: French. the mind {0 confiders one thing, that i "Ngts it by another n. / To RELEA'SE %, Somewhat refpeting fomething elfe Whe RE R E 1 marked in.you a relenting truly, and a flack ing of the main career, you had {0 notably begun Sidney and almoft performed 1. That which remains that which is lef after the lofs or decay of the reft Iti generally ufed in the plural Up dreary dame of darknefs queen Go gather up the religues of thy race, Spenfer Or eife go them avenge Shall we go fee the reficks of thistown > Shakefp The fragments, fcraps, the bits, and grealy religue Of her o'ereaten faith are bound to Diomede. Shak Nor death itfelf can wholly wath their ftains But long contradted fiith ev n in- the foul remain Th s of inveterate vice they wear Andfpots of fin Dryden's ZEneis 2. ltis often taken for the body deferte by the {oul Wha |