transitive. Originally: to render (a part of the body) less firm or rigid; to make loose, slack, or soft; to enfeeble or enervate. In later use: spec.…

transitive. To relax; to reduce the tension of (something). Obsolete.

transitive. To let droop or dangle. Also to loll up: to hang.

To let droop or bend downward; to cause to lean or slope over.

transitive. To make relaxed. Also intransitive: to cause relaxation (rare). Obsolete.

transitive. To cause or allow to hang heavily; to droop. ? Obsolete exc. slang.

transitive. To allow to droop: to hang down, drop (the head, ears, tail, etc.). Obsolete. Cf. 5.

To cause to relax; to weaken.