Verb

(en verb)

To relieve the distress or suffering of; to provide comfort to.

Rob comforted Aaron because he was lost and very sad.

* Francis Bacon

Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men.

To make comfortable. (rfex)

(obsolete) To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate.

(Wyclif)

* Hooker

God's own testimony doth not a little comfort and confirm the same.

(obsolete) To assist or help; to aid.

* Shakespeare

I cannot help the noble chevalier: / God comfort him in this necessity!

Verb

(es)

To calm down.

To make something loose.

to relax''' a rope or cord; to '''relax the muscles or sinews

* Milton

Horror all his joints relaxed .

To become loose.

To make something less severe or tense.

to relax''' discipline; to '''relax one's attention or endeavours

To become less severe or tense.

To make something (such as codes and regulations) more lenient.

* Jonathan Swift

The stature of mortmain was at several times relaxed by the legislature.

{{quote-book

, year=1953 , author=Edward Corwin , title=The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation , chapter=Section 2. Jurisdiction citation , page=589 , passage=The Court rejected the contention that the doctrine of sovereign immunity should be relaxed as inapplicable to suits for specific relief as distinguished from damage suits, saying: "The Government, as representative of the community as a whole, cannot be stopped in its tracks by any plaintiff who presents a disputed question of property or contract right."}}

(of codes and regulations) To become more lenient.

To relieve (something) from stress.

Amusement relaxes the mind.

(dated) To relieve from constipation; to loosen; to open.

An aperient relaxes the bowels.