Webster's Dictionary 1828

1378

RELAND

RELAND', verb transitive [re and land.] To land again; to put on land what had been shipped or embarked.RELAND', verb intransitive To go on shore after having embarked.

1379

RELANDED

RELAND'ED, participle passive Put on shore again.

1380

RELANDING

RELAND'ING, participle present tense Landing again.

1381

RELAPSE

RELAPSE, verb intransitive relaps'. [Latin relapsus, relabor, to slide back; re and labor, to slide.]1. To slip or slide back; to return.2. To fall back; to return to a former s...

1382

RELAPSER

RELAPS'ER, noun One that relapses into vice or error.

1383

RELAPSING

RELAPS'ING, participle present tense Sliding or falling back, as into disease or vice.

1384

RELATE

RELA'TE, verb transitive [Latin relatus, refero; re and fero, to produce.]1. To tell; to recite; to narrate the particulars of an event; as, to relate the story of Priam; to rel...

1385

RELATED

RELA'TED, participle passive1. Recited; narrated.2.adjective Allied by kindred; connected by blood or alliance, particularly by consanguinity; as a person related in the first o...

1386

RELATER

RELA'TER, noun One who tells, recites or narrates; a historian.

1387

RELATING

RELA'TING, participle present tense1. Telling; reciting; narrating.2.adjective Having relation or reference; concerning.

1388

RELATION

RELA'TION, noun [Latin relatio, refero.]1. The act of telling; recital; account; narration; narrative of facts; as a historical relation We listened to the relation of his adven...

1389

RELATIONAL

RELA'TIONAL, adjective Having relation or kindred.We might be tempted to take these two nations for relational stems.

1390

RELATIONSHIP

RELA'TIONSHIP, noun The state of being related by kindred, affinity or other alliance.[This word is generally tautological and useless.]

1391

RELATIVE

REL'ATIVE, adjective [Latin relativus.]1. Having relation; respecting. The arguments may be good, but they are not relative to the subject.2. Not absolute or existing by itself;...

1392

RELATIVELY

REL'ATIVELY, adverb In relation or respect to something else; not absolutely.Consider the absolute affections of any being as it is in itself, before you consider it relatively

1393

RELATIVENESS

REL'ATIVENESS, noun The state of having relation.

1394

RELATOR

RELA'TOR, noun, In law, one who brings an information in the nature of a quo warranto.

1395

RELAX

RELAX', verb transitive [Latin relaxo; re and laxo, to slacken.]1. To slacken; to make less tense or rigid; as, to relax a rope or cord; to relax the muscles or sinews; to relax...

1396

RELAXABLE

RELAX'ABLE, adjective That may be remitted.

1397

RELAXATION

RELAXA'TION, noun [Latin relaxatio.]1. The act of slackening or remitting tension; as a relaxation of the muscles, fibers or nerves; a relaxation of the whole system.2. Cessatio...

1398

RELAXATIVE

RELAX'ATIVE, adjective Having the quality of relaxing. [See Laxative.]

1399

RELAXED

RELAX'ED, participle passive Slackened; loosened; remitted or abated in rigor or in closeness; made less vigorous; languid.

1400

RELAXING

RELAX'ING, participle present tense Slackening; loosening; remitting or abating in rigor, severity or attention; rendering languid.

1401

RELAY

RELA'Y, noun1. A supply of horses placed on the road to be in readiness to relieve others, that a traveler may proceed without delay.2. Hunting dogs kept in readiness at certain...

1402

RELAYING

RELA'YING, participle present tense Laying a second time.

1403

RELEASE

RELE'ASE, verb transitive1. To set free from restraint of any kind, either physical or moral; to liberate from prison, confinement or servitude.Matthew 15:1. Mark 15:9.2. To fre...

1404

RELEASED

RELE'ASED, participle passive Set free from confinement; freed from obligation or liability; freed from pain; quitclaimed.