Webster's Unabridged Dictionary - Letter R - Page 35
Rejoice (v. t.) To enjoy. [Obs.] -- Bp. Peacock.
Rejoice (v. t.) To give joy to; to make joyful; to gladden.
I me rejoysed of my liberty. -- Chaucer.
While she, great saint, rejoices heaven. -- Prior.
Were he [Cain] alive, it would rejoice his soul to see what mischief it had made. -- Arbuthnot.
Syn: To please; cheer; exhilarate; delight.
Rejoice (n.) The act of rejoicing. -- Sir T. Browne.
Rejoice (v.) Feel happiness or joy [syn: rejoice, joy].
Rejoice (v.) To express great joy; "Who cannot exult in Spring?" [syn: exuberate, exult, rejoice, triumph, jubilate].
Rejoice (v.) Be ecstatic with joy [syn: wallow, rejoice, triumph]
Rejoice (v.) [ I ] (Formal) 非常高興；深感欣喜；充滿喜悅 To feel or show great happiness about something.
// Everyone rejoiced at the news of his safe return.
// She rejoiced in her good fortune.
// [ + to infinitive ] I rejoiced to see that she had made such a quick recovery.
Rejoicement (n.) Rejoicing.
Rejoicer (n.) One who rejoices.
Rejoicing (n.) Joy; gladness; delight.
We should particularly express our rejoicing by love and charity to our neighbors. -- R. Nelson.
Rejoicing (n.) The expression of joy or gladness.
The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous. -- Ps. cxviii. 15.
Rejoicing (n.) That which causes to rejoice; occasion of joy.
Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage forever, for they are the rejoicing of my heart. -- Ps. cxix. 111.
Rejoicing (a.) Joyful and proud especially because of triumph or success; "rejoicing crowds filled the streets on VJ Day"; "a triumphal success"; "a triumphant shout" [syn: exultant, exulting, jubilant, prideful, rejoicing, triumphal, triumphant].
Rejoicing (n.) A feeling of great happiness.
Rejoicing (n.) The utterance of sounds expressing great joy [syn: exultation, rejoicing, jubilation].
Rejoicingly (adv.) With joi or exultation.
Rejoined (imp. & p. p.) of Rejoin.
Rejoining (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Rejoin.
Rejoin (v. t.) To join again; to unite after separation.
Rejoin (v. t.) To come, or go, again into the presence of; to join the company of again.
Meet and rejoin me, in the pensive grot. -- Pope.
Rejoin (v. t.) To state in reply; -- followed by an object clause.
Rejoin (v. i.) To answer to a reply.
Rejoin (v. i.) (Law) To answer, as the defendant to the plaintiff's replication.
Rejoin (v.) Join again.
Rejoin (v.) Answer back [syn: retort, come back, repay, return, riposte, rejoin].
Rejoin (v.) (Return) [ T ] 重返；返回；與…再會合 To return to someone or something.
// She rejoined her husband in Toronto, after her holiday in Paris.
Rejoin (v.) (Answer quickly) [ + Speech ] (Formal) （以生氣或詼諧的方式）回答，反駁 To give a quick answer to what someone has said, in an angry or humorous way.
// "No, I do not have time to help you," he rejoined impatiently.
Rejoinder (n.) 回答；【律】第二次答辯 An answer to a reply; or, in general, an answer or reply.
Rejoinder (n.) (Law) The defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Syn: Reply; answer; replication. See Reply.
Rejoinder (v. i.) To make a rejoinder. [Archaic]
Rejoinder (n.) A quick reply to a question or remark (especially a witty or critical one); "it brought a sharp rejoinder from the teacher" [syn: rejoinder, retort, return, riposte, replication, comeback, counter].
Rejoinder (n.) (Law) A pleading made by a defendant in response to the plaintiff's replication.
Rejoinder (n.), Pleadings. The name of the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication.
Rejoinder (n.) The general requisites of a rejoinder are, 1. It must be triable. 2. It must not be double, nor will several rejoinders be allowed to the same declaration. 3. It must be certain. 4. It must be direct and positive, and not merely by way of recital or argumentative. 5. it must not be repugnant or insensible. 6. It must be conformable to, and not depart from the plea. Co. Litt. 304; 6 Com. Dig. 185 Archb. Civ. Pl. 278; U. S. Dig, Pleading, XIII.
Rejoindure (n.) Act of joining again. [Obs.] "Beguiles our lips of all rejoindure".
Note: (i.e., kisses). -- Shak.
Rejoint (v. t.) To reunite the joints of; to joint anew. -- Barrow.
Rejoint (v. t.) Specifically (Arch.), to fill up the joints of, as stones in buildings when the mortar has been dislodged by age and the action of the weather. -- Gwilt.
Rejolt (n.) A reacting jolt or shock; a rebound or recoil. [R.]
These inward rejolts and recoilings of the mind. -- South.
Rejolt (v. t.) To jolt or shake again. -- Locke.
Rejourn (v. t.) To adjourn; to put off. [Obs.] -- Shak.
Rejournment (n.) Adjournment. [Obs.]
Rejudge (v. t.) To judge again; to reexamine; to review; to call to a new trial and decision.
Rejudge his acts, and dignify disgrace. -- Pope.
Rejuvenate (v. t.) 使年輕，使復原，使恢復精神 To render young again.
Rejuvenate (v.) Cause (a stream or river) to erode, as by an uplift of the land.
Rejuvenate (v.) Develop youthful topographical features; "the land rejuvenated".
Rejuvenate (v.) Make younger or more youthful; "The contact with his grandchildren rejuvenated him" [ant: {age}].
Rejuvenate (v.) Return to life; get or give new life or energy; "The week at the spa restored me" [syn: {regenerate}, {restore}, {rejuvenate}].
Rejuvenate (v.) Become young again; "The old man rejuvenated when he became a grandfather".
Rejuvenate (v.) To make young or youthful again : give new vigor to.
Rejuvenate (v.) To restore to an original or new state.
Rejuvenate (v. t.) To make young again; restore to youthful vigor, appearance, etc.
// That vacation has certainly rejuvenated him.
Rejuvenate (v. t.) To restore to a former state; make fresh or new again.
// To rejuvenate an old sofa.
Rejuvenate (v. t.) (Physical Geography) To renew the activity, erosive power, etc., of (a stream) by uplift or by removal of a barrier in the stream bed.
Rejuvenate (v. t.) (Physical Geography) To impress again the characters of youthful topography on (a region) by the action of rejuvenated streams.
Rejuvenate (v. i.) 返老還童，復原 To undergo rejuvenation; revive.
Rejuvenation (n.) Rejuvenescence.
Rejuvenation (n.) The phenomenon of vitality and freshness being restored; "the annual rejuvenation of the landscape" [syn: rejuvenation, greening].
Rejuvenation (n.) The act of restoring to a more youthful condition.
Rejuvenescence (n.) 返老還童；新生；【生】（細胞的） 再生 A renewing of youth; the state of being or growing young again.
Rejuvenescence (n.) (Bot.) A method of cell formation in which the entire protoplasm of an old cell escapes by rupture of the cell wall, and then develops a new cell wall. It is seen sometimes in the formation of zoospores, etc.
Rejuvenescency (n.) Rejuvenescence.
Rejuvenescent (a.) 返老還童的；新生的 Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.
Rejuvenize (v. t.) 使年輕；使恢復活力 To rejuvenate.
Rekindle (v. t. & i.) 再點（火）；（使）再振作 To kindle again.
Rekindle (v.) Kindle anew, as of a fire.
Rekindle (v.) Arouse again; "rekindle hopes"; "rekindle her love".
Rekne (v. t.) To reckon. [Obs.] -- Chaucer.
Relade (v. t.) To lade or load again.
Relaid () imp. & p. p. of Relay.
Relay (v. t.) [imp. & p. p. Relaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Relaying.] To lay again; to lay a second time; as, to relay a pavement.
Relais (n.) (Fort.) A narrow space between the foot of the rampart and the scarp of the ditch, serving to receive the earth that may crumble off or be washed down, and prevent its falling into the ditch. -- Wilhelm.
Reland (v. t.) To land again; to put on land, as that which had been shipped or embarked.
Reland (v. i.) To go on shore after having embarked; to land again.
Relapsed (imp. & p. p.) of Relapse.
Relapsing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relapse.
Relapse (v. i.) [(into)] 重新陷入；故態復萌；（病等）復發 To slip or slide back, in a literal sense; to turn back. [Obs.] -- Dryden.
Relapse
(v. i.)
To slide or turn back into a former state or practice; to fall back from some
condition attained; -- generally in a bad sense, as from a state of
convalescence or amended condition; as, to relapse into a stupor, into vice, or
into barbarism; -- sometimes in a good sense; as, to relapse into slumber after
being disturbed.
That task performed, [preachers] relapse into
themselves. -- Cowper.
Relapse (v. i.) (Theol.) To fall
from Christian faith into paganism, heresy, or unbelief; to backslide.
They enter into the justified state, and so continue all
along, unless they relapse. -- Waterland.
Relapse (n.) A sliding or falling
back, especially into a former bad state, either of body or morals;
backsliding; the state of having fallen back.
Alas! from what high hope to what relapse Unlooked for are we
fallen! -- Milton.
Relapse (n.) One who has relapsed,
or fallen back, into error; a backslider; specifically, one who, after
recanting error, returns to it again. [Obs.]
Relapse (n.) A failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting].
Relapse (v.) Deteriorate in health; "he relapsed" [syn: get worse, relapse] [ant: bounce back, get over, get well].
Relapse (v.) Go back to bad behavior; "Those who recidivate are often minor criminals" [syn: relapse, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, fall back].
Relapse. () The condition of one who, after having abandoned a course of vice, returns to it again. Vide Recidive.
Relapse (v.) [ I ] (Formal) （病好轉後）復發；故態復萌；重新墮落 To become ill or start behaving badly again, after making an improvement.
// She managed to stop using drugs for a month, but then relapsed.
// He looked happy for a brief while, before relapsing into silent misery.
Relapse (n.) [ C ] (Formal) 舊病復發 If someone who is getting better after an illness has a relapse, they become ill again.
// She was looking quite healthy on Friday, but she had/ suffered a relapse over the weekend and was taken back into hospital.
Relapser (n.) One who relapses.
Relapsing (a.) 復發的；回歸的 Marked by a relapse; falling back; tending to return to a former worse state.
Relapsing fever (Med.) 回歸熱 An acute, epidemic, contagious fever, which prevails also endemically in Ireland, Russia, and some other regions. It is marked by one or two remissions of the fever, by articular and muscular pains, and by the presence, during the paroxism of spiral bacterium ({Spirochaete) in the blood. It is not usually fatal. Called also famine fever, and recurring fever.
Relapsing (n.) A failure to maintain a higher state [syn: backsliding, lapse, lapsing, relapse, relapsing, reversion, reverting].
Related (imp. & p. p.) of Relate
Relating (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relate
Relate (v. t.) 講，敘述 [（+to）]；使有聯繫 [（+to/ with）] To bring back; to restore. [Obs.]
Abate your zealous haste, till morrow next again Both light of heaven and strength of men relate. -- Spenser.
Relate (v. t.) To refer; to ascribe, as to a source. [Obs. or R.]
Relate (v. t.) To recount; to narrate; to tell over.
This heavy act with heavy heart relate. -- Shak.
Relate (v. t.) To ally by connection or kindred.
To relate one's self, to vent thoughts in words. [R.]
Syn: To tell; recite; narrate; recount; rehearse; report; detail; describe.
Relate (v. i.) 有關，涉及 [（+to）]；符合 [（+with）]；相處 [（+to）]；認同；欣賞 To stand in some relation; to have bearing or concern; to pertain; to refer; -- with to.
All negative or privative words relate positive ideas. -- Locke.
Relate (v. i.) To make reference; to take account. [R. & Obs.]
Reckoning by the years of their own consecration without relating to any imperial account. -- Fuller.
Relate (v.) Make a logical or causal connection; "I cannot connect these two pieces of evidence in my mind"; "colligate these facts"; "I cannot relate these events at all" [syn: associate, tie in, relate, link, colligate, link up, connect] [ant: decouple, dissociate].
Relate (v.) Be relevant to; "There were lots of questions referring to her talk"; "My remark pertained to your earlier comments" [syn: refer, pertain, relate, concern, come to, bear on, touch, touch on, have-to doe with].
Relate (v.) Give an account of; "The witness related the events".
Relate (v.) Be in a relationship with; "How are these two observations related?" [syn: relate, interrelate].
Relate (v.) Have or establish a relationship to; "She relates well to her peers".
Related (p. p. & a.) 有關的，相關的；有親戚（或親緣）關係的 [F] [（+to）] Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as, persons related in the first or second degree.
Related (p. p. & a.) Standing in relation or connection; as, the electric and magnetic forcec are closely related.
Related (p. p. & a.) Narrated; told.
Related (p. p. & a.) Same as Relative, 4.
Related (a.) Being connected either logically or causally or by shared characteristics ; "painting and the related arts"; "school-related activities"; "related to micelle formation is the...ability of detergent actives to congregate at oil-water interfaces" [syn: related, related to] [ant: unrelated].
Related (a.) Connected by kinship, common origin, or marriage [ant: unrelated].
Relatedness (n.) 關係，有關；親緣；共事關係 The state or condition of being related; relationship; affinity. [R.] --Emerson.
Relatedness (n.) A particular manner of connectedness; "the relatedness of all living things" [ant: unrelatedness].
Relater (n.) 敘述者；講述者 One who relates or narrates.
Relation (n.) 關係，關聯 [U] [（+between/ to）]； （國家，團體，人等之間的）關係，往來 [P] [（+between/ with）]；血緣關係，親戚關係 [U] [（+to）]；親戚，親屬 [C] [（+of）]；【婉】肉體關係 [P] [（+with）]；【律】（導致起訴的）告發 [U] [（+of）]；敘述 [U] [（+of）]；敘述的事，故事 [C] The act of relating or telling; also, that which is related; recital; account; narration; narrative; as, the relation of historical events.
??????oet's relation doth well figure them. -- Bacon.
Relation (n.) The state of being related or of referring; what is apprehended as appertaining to a being or quality, by considering it in its bearing upon something else; relative quality or condition; the being such and such with regard or respect to some other thing; connection; as, the relation of experience to knowledge; the relation of master to servant.
Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things, or any comparison which is made by the mind, is a relation. -- I. Taylor.
Relation (n.) Reference; respect; regard.
I have been importuned to make some observations on this art in relation to its agreement with poetry. -- Dryden.
Relation (n.) Connection by consanguinity or affinity; kinship; relationship; as, the relation of parents and children.
Relations dear, and all the charities Of father, son, and brother, first were known. -- Milton.
Relation (n.) A person connected by cosanguinity or affinity; a relative; a kinsman or kinswoman.
For me . . . my relation does not care a rush. -- Ld. Lytton.
Relation (n.) (Law) The carrying back, and giving effect or operation to, an act or proceeding frrom some previous date or time, by a sort of fiction, as if it had happened or begun at that time. In such case the act is said to take effect by relation.
Relation (n.) (Law) The act of a relator at whose instance a suit is begun. --Wharton. Burrill.
Syn: Recital; rehearsal; narration; account; narrative; tale; detail; description; kindred; kinship; consanguinity; affinity; kinsman; kinswoman.
Relation (n.) An abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together.
Relation (n.) The act of sexual procreation between a man and a woman; the man's penis is inserted into the woman's vagina and excited until orgasm and ejaculation occur [syn: sexual intercourse, intercourse, sex act, copulation, coitus, coition, sexual congress, congress, sexual relation, relation, carnal knowledge].
Relation (n.) A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation].
Relation (n.) An act of narration; "he was the hero according to his own relation"; "his endless recounting of the incident eventually became unbearable" [syn: relation, telling, recounting].
Relation (n.) (Law) The principle that an act done at a later time is deemed by law to have occurred at an earlier time; "his attorney argued for the relation back of the amended complaint to the time the initial complaint was filed" [syn: relation back, relation].
Relation (n.) (Usually plural) Mutual dealings or connections among persons or groups; "international relations".
Relation (n.) (Friendship) Relations (pl.) (B2) （人際或團體之間的）關係，聯繫，交往 The way in which two people or groups of people feel and behave towards each other.
// Relations between him and his new wife are rather strained.
// (Formal) Britain enjoys friendly relations with Canada.
Relation (n.) (Connection) (B2) [ U ] 關聯；關係；聯繫；相似 The connection or similarity between two things.
// The relation between the original book and this new film is very faint.
// She bears no relation to (= she is not similar to) her brother.
In/ with relation to sth (B2) 關於；至於；就…而言 In connection with something.
// She used the map to discover where she was in relation to her surroundings.
Relation (n.) (Family member) (B1) [ C ] 親戚；親屬 A member of your family.
// The funeral was attended by friends and relations.
// She's a relation by marriage because she married my cousin.
Idiom: Have (sexual) relations (with sb)
Have (sexual) relations (with sb) (Formal) （與某人）有（性）關係 To have sex or a sexual relationship with someone.
// The couple had been having sexual relations for a year.
Relational (a.) 有關係的；表示關係的；親屬的；親戚的 Having relation or kindred; related.
We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems. -- Tooke.
Relational (a.) Indicating or specifying some relation.
Relational words, As prepositions, auxiliaries, etc. -- R. Morris.
Relational (a.) Having a relation or being related.
Relationist (n.) A relative; a relation. [Obs.]
Relationship (n.) 關係，關聯；人際關係 [U] [C] [（+between/ to/ with）]；親屬關係；姻親關係 [U] [（+to）]；風流韻事；戀愛關係 [C] The state of being related by kindred, affinity, or other alliance. -- Mason.
Relationship (n.) A relation between people; (`relationship' is often used where `relation' would serve, as in `the relationship between inflation and unemployment', but the preferred usage of `relationship' is for human relations or states of relatedness); "the relationship between mothers and their children" [syn: relationship, human relationship].
Relationship (n.) A state of connectedness between people (especially an emotional connection); "he didn't want his wife to know of the relationship".
Relationship (n.) A state involving mutual dealings between people or parties or countries.
Relationship (n.) (Anthropology) Relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption [syn: kinship, family relationship, relationship].
Relationship (n.) [ C ] (Connection) (B2) 關係；聯繫；關聯 The way in which two things are connected.
// Scientists have established the relationship between lung cancer and smoking.
Relationship (n.) [ C ] (Friendship) (B1) （人們彼此的）關係，感情關係 The way in which two or more people feel and behave towards each other.
// He has a very good relationship with his uncle.
Relationship (n.) (B1) 浪漫關係；情愛關係；（常指）性關係 A close romantic friendship between two people, often a sexual one.
// Have you had any serious relationships in the past year?
A love/ hate relationship又愛又恨的關係或感受（你對某人或某物心存愛恨之情的一種關係） A relationship in which you have feelings of love and hate for someone or something.
Relationship (n.) [ C ] (Family connection) 親屬關係；家屬關係；姻親關係 The family connection between people.
// The judge asked the witness what the relationship was between her and the victim.
Relative (a.) Having relation or reference; referring; respecting; standing in connection; pertaining; as, arguments not relative to the subject.
I'll have grounds More relative than this. -- Shak.
Relative (a.) Arising from relation; resulting from connection with, or reference to, something else; not absolute.
Every thing sustains both an absolute and a relative capacity: an absolute, as it is such a thing, endued with such a nature; and a relative, as it is a part of the universe, and so stands in such a relations to the whole. -- South.
Relative (a.) (Gram.) Indicating or expressing relation; refering to an antecedent; as, a relative pronoun.
Relative (a.) (Mus.) Characterizing or pertaining to chords and keys, which, by reason of the identify of some of their tones, admit of a natural transition from one to the other. -- Moore (Encyc. of Music).
Relative clause (Gram.), A clause introduced by a relative pronoun.
Relative term, A term which implies relation to, as guardian to ward, matter to servant, husband to wife. Cf. Correlative.
Relative (n.) One who, or that which, relates to, or is considered in its relation to, something else; a relative object or term; one of two object or term; one of two objects directly connected by any relation. Specifically:
Relative (n.) A person connected by blood or affinity; strictly, one allied by blood; a relation; a kinsman or kinswoman. "Confining our care . . . to ourselves and relatives." -- Bp. Fell.
Relative (n.) (Gram.) A relative pronoun; a word which relates to, or represents, another word or phrase, called its antecedent; as, the relatives "who", "which", "that".
Relative (a.) Estimated by comparison; not absolute or complete; "a relative stranger" [syn: relative, comparative] [ant: absolute].
Relative (a.) Properly related in size or degree or other measurable characteristics; usually followed by `to'; "the punishment ought to be proportional to the crime"; "earnings relative to production" [syn: proportional, relative].
Relative (n.) A person related by blood or marriage; "police are searching for relatives of the deceased"; "he has distant relations back in New Jersey" [syn: relative, relation].
Relative (n.) An animal or plant that bears a relationship to another (as related by common descent or by membership in the same genus) [syn: relative, congener, congenator, congeneric].
RELATIVE, () Early system on IBM 650. Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959).
Relative. () One connected with another by blood or affinity; a relation, a kinsman or kinswoman. In an adjective sense, having relation or connexion with some other person or thing; as relative rights, relative powers.
Relative (n.) [ C ] (B1) 親戚；親屬 A member of your family.
// I don't have many blood relatives (= people related to me by birth rather than by marriage).
// All her close/ distant relatives came to the wedding.
Relative (a.) (Formal) (Comparing) (C1) 相比較而言的；比較的 Being judged or measured in comparison with something else.
// We weighed up the relative advantages of driving there or going by train.
Relative (a.) (Formal) 相對的；相比之下有的 True to a particular degree when compared with other things.
// Since I got a job, I've been living in relative comfort (= more comfort than before).
Relative (a.) (Connection) Relative to (C2) 按…的比例；與…相應 If something is relative to something else, it changes according to the speed or level of the other thing.
// The amount of petrol a car uses is relative to its speed.
Relative to 與…相關；有關；涉及 If something is relative to a particular subject, it is connected with it.
// Are these documents relative to the discussion?
Relatively (adv.) 相對地，比較地 In a relative manner; in relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.
Relatively (adv.) In a relative manner; by comparison to something else; "the situation is relatively calm now" [syn: {relatively}, {comparatively}].
Relatively (adv.) Relatively good, bad, etc. (B2) 較好／較差等 Quite good, bad, etc. in comparison with other similar things or with what you expect.
// He's a relatively good squash player.
// There was relatively little violence.
Relatively speaking 相對而言；相對來說 Said when you are judging one thing in comparison with other things.
// Relatively speaking, it's a fairly poor country.
Relativeness (n.) 親戚關係 The state of being relative, or having relation; relativity.
Relativity (n.) [U] 相關性；相互依存；相對性；【物】相對論；【哲】相對主義；認識的相對性 The state of being relative; as, the relativity of a subject. -- Coleridge.
Relativity (n.) One of two theories (also called theory of relativity) proposed by Albert Einstein, the special theory of relativity, or the general theory of relativity. The special theory of relativity or special relativity is based on the proposition that the speed of light is a constant no matter how observed, and is independent of the motion of the observer. From this follows several principles, such as the increase of mass with velocity (which has been confirmed: see relativistic mass equation) and the impossibility of acceleration to a speed greater than that of light; the equivalence of mass and energy, expressed by the famous equation E = mc^{2; and time dilation, which is the apparent slowing of a clock in a system, as observed by an observer in a system moving relative to the clock. The general theory of relativity is based on the proposition that there is no physical difference between gravitational force and the force produced by acceleration. From this follow several results, of which the bending of light rays in a gravitational field and the equivalence of the inertial and gravitational masses have been verified. The possible existence of black holes (believed by many astronomers to have been adequately proven) is another consequence of the theory.
Relativity (n.) (Physics) The theory that space and time are relative concepts rather than absolute concepts [syn: relativity, theory of relativity, relativity theory, Einstein's theory of relativity].
Relativity (n.) The quality of being relative and having significance only in relation to something else.
Relator (n.) 敘述者；【律】原告 One who relates; a relater. "The several relators of this history." -- Fuller.
Relator (n.) (Law) A private person at whose relation, or in whose behalf, the attorney-general allows an information in the nature of a quo warranto to be filed.
Relator. () A rehearser or teller; one who, by leave of court, brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto.
Relator. () At common law, strictly speaking, no such person as a relator to an information is known; he being a creature of the statute 9 Anne, c. 20.
Relator. () In this country, even where no statute similar to that of Anne prevails, informations are allowed to be filed by private persons desirous to try their rights, in the name of the attorney general, and these are commonly called relators; though no judgment for costs can be rendered for or against them. 2 Dall. 112; 5 Mass. 231; 15 Serg. & Rawle, 127; 3 Serg. & Rawle, 52; Ang. on Corp. 470. In chancery the relator is responsible for costs. 4 Bouv. Inst. n. 4022.
Relatrix (n.) [L.] (Law) 女告發人 A female relator.
Relaxed (imp. & p. p.) of Relax.
Relaxing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Relax.
Relax (v. t.) 使鬆弛，使鬆懈，放鬆；緩和；放寬；減輕；使輕鬆；使休息 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.
Relax (v. t.) To make less severe or rigorous; to abate the stringency of; to remit in respect to strenuousness, earnestness, or effort; as, to relax discipline; to relax one's attention or endeavors.
The statute of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature. -- Swift.
Relax (v. t.) Hence, to relieve from attention or effort; to ease; to recreate; to divert; as, amusement relaxes the mind.
Relax (v. t.) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open; as, an aperient relaxes the bowels.
Syn: To slacken; loosen; loose; remit; abate; mitigate; ease; unbend; divert.
Relax (v. i.) 鬆弛，鬆懈，放鬆；緩和；放寬；減輕；變得不拘謹；變得和藹；變得寬鬆；鬆散；休息；通便 To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax.
His knees relax with toil. -- Pope.
Relax (v. i.) To abate in severity; to become less rigorous.
In others she relaxed again, And governed with a looser rein. -- Prior.
Relax (v. i.) To remit attention or effort; to become less diligent; to unbend; as, to relax in study.
Relax (n.) 鬆弛，放鬆 [U] [（+of/ in）]；緩和，放寬，減輕 [U] [（+of/ in）]；休息；消遣，娛樂 [U] [C]；
Relaxation. [Obs.] -- Feltham.
Relax (a.) Relaxed; lax; hence, remiss; careless.
Relax (v.) Become less tense, rest, or take one's ease; "He relaxed in the hot tub"; "Let's all relax after a hard day's work" [syn: relax, loosen up, unbend, unwind, decompress, slow down] [ant: tense, tense up].
Relax (v.) Make less taut; "relax the tension on the rope" [syn: relax, unbend].
Relax (v.) Become loose or looser or less tight; "The noose loosened"; "the rope relaxed" [syn: loosen, relax, loose] [ant: stiffen].
Relax (v.) Cause to feel relaxed; "A hot bath always relaxes me" [syn: relax, unstrain, unlax, loosen up, unwind, make relaxed] [ant: strain, tense, tense up].
Relax (v.) Become less tense, less formal, or less restrained, and assume a friendlier manner; "our new colleague relaxed when he saw that we were a friendly group" [syn: relax, loosen up].
Relax (v.) Make less severe or strict; "The government relaxed the curfew after most of the rebels were caught" [syn: relax, loosen].
Relax (v.) Become less severe or strict; "The rules relaxed after the new director arrived" [syn: relax, loosen].
Relax (v.) Make less active or fast; "He slackened his pace as he got tired"; "Don't relax your efforts now" [syn: slack, slacken, slack up, relax].
Relaxable (a.) 放鬆的 Capable of being relaxed.