relativity

[Eng. relativ (e); -ity.] The same as RELATIVENESS (q. v.). "The supposed influence of the relativity of knowl. edge."- Brit . Quarterly Review , vol. lvii., p. 481 (1873). rě-lā-tõr, subst. [Lat., from relatus, pa. par. of refero to relate (q.v.).] 1. Ord. Lang.: One who relates or narrates; a narrator, a reciter. "A known person in the relator's country." - Boyler Works, iii. 96. 2. Law : A private person, at whose instance an information is allowed to be filed, and in whose behalf certain writs are i ued; a prosecutor. trě-lā-trix, s. (The fem. form of Lat. relator (q. v.).] Law: A female relator (q. v.). rě-lăx', v . t . & i. [Lat. relaxo , from re-=back, and laxo to loosen; lax us =loose; Fr. relaxer ; Sp. & Port. relaxar ; Ital. rela are , rila are .] IMG:content-0405.png:[blocks in formation] 4. To relieve from constipation; to open or loosen, as the boweis. 5. To remit, abate, or le en in respect to attention, application, effort, or exertion; as, to relax one's efforts. 6. To relieve from close attention or application; to afford relaxation to; to divert; as, Conversation relaxes the mind of a student. *7. To diminish, to abate; to take away. "He may not afterward find reason to add or relax therefrom."-Search: Light of Nature, vol. ii. pt. iii., ch. xxiv. *8. To hand over; to turn over. ( Pre scott.) B. Intransitive: 1. To become loose, or le tense or rigid. "I fear, relax'd with midnight dews, The strings their former aid refuse." Byron: From A nacre on. 2. To abate in severity; to become le strict severe, or rigorous. 3. To remit in attention or application; to unbend; to take relaxation.