unlax

verb

un·​lax

¦ən¦laks

-ed/-ing/-es

intransitive verb

: relax

lie in the hot sun, feeling yourself gradually unlax

—Bennett Cerf

transitive verb

: to gradually relieve the tension in

took only a few minutes of the caressing air of Rome … to unlax cramped muscles

—Kay Halle

Word History

Etymology

un- entry 2 + -lax (as in relax)

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