† slakenv.

Forms: Also Middle English slakyn.

Etymology: < slake adj. + -en suffix⁵: compare later slaken v.

Obsolete.

1. intransitive. To grow slack; to abate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)]

littleOE

setc1000

wanzec1175

lessc1225

allayc1275

wane1297

slaken1303

disincreasec1374

slakec1380

decrease1382

debatea1400

unwaxa1400

wastea1400

adminishc1400

lessenc1400

imminish14..

aslakec1405

minish?a1425

assuagec1430

shrinkc1449

to let down1486

decay1489

diminish1520

fall1523

rebate1540

batea1542

to come down1548

abate1560

stoop1572

pine1580

slack1580

scanten1585

shrivel1588

decrew1596

remit1629

contract1648

subside1680

lower1697

relax1701

drop1730

to take off1776

to run down1792

reduce1798

recede1810

to run off1816

to go down1823

attenuatea1834

ease1876

downscale1945

1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5993 Here synne shal noþer be forȝyuen ne slakyn Vn-to þey ȝelde þat þey haue takyn.

c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9473 When he was ded, his side gan slaken; Lightly was þen þe castel taken.

a1352 L. Minot Poems ix. 49 Þe pride of sir Dauid bigon fast to slaken.

1633 T. James Strange Voy. 103 The Storme began to slaken.

1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 308 Least any may pretend ignorance or thinke we should slaken therein.

2. transitive. To assuage, mitigate.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate

lithec897

lighteOE

lissea1000

stillc1000

alightOE

alithe?a1200

softc1225

swagec1330

abate?c1335

easea1374

accoya1375

allegea1375

stintc1374

slakea1387

assuage1393

planea1400

slecka1400

plasterc1400

soften?c1415

lighten?a1425

mitigate?a1425

relievec1425

asoftc1430

alleviate?a1475

allevya1500

sletcha1500

alleve1544

allevate1570

salve?1577

sweetena1586

smooth1589

disembitter1622

deleniate1623

slaken1629

tranquillitate1657

soothe1711

1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe in Wks. I. 275 Till God thy Dolours slaken, in some sort.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	slaken
释义	† slakenv. Forms: Also Middle English slakyn. Etymology: < slake adj. + -en suffix⁵: compare later slaken v. Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To grow slack; to abate. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > decrease or reduction in quantity, amount, or degree > decrease in quantity, amount, or degree [verb (intransitive)] littleOE setc1000 wanzec1175 lessc1225 allayc1275 wane1297 slaken1303 disincreasec1374 slakec1380 decrease1382 debatea1400 unwaxa1400 wastea1400 adminishc1400 lessenc1400 imminish14.. aslakec1405 minish?a1425 assuagec1430 shrinkc1449 to let down1486 decay1489 diminish1520 fall1523 rebate1540 batea1542 to come down1548 abate1560 stoop1572 pine1580 slack1580 scanten1585 shrivel1588 decrew1596 remit1629 contract1648 subside1680 lower1697 relax1701 drop1730 to take off1776 to run down1792 reduce1798 recede1810 to run off1816 to go down1823 attenuatea1834 ease1876 downscale1945 1303 R. Mannyng Handlyng Synne 5993 Here synne shal noþer be forȝyuen ne slakyn Vn-to þey ȝelde þat þey haue takyn. c1330 R. Mannyng Chron. Wace (Rolls) 9473 When he was ded, his side gan slaken; Lightly was þen þe castel taken. a1352 L. Minot Poems ix. 49 Þe pride of sir Dauid bigon fast to slaken. 1633 T. James Strange Voy. 103 The Storme began to slaken. 1675 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 308 Least any may pretend ignorance or thinke we should slaken therein. 2. transitive. To assuage, mitigate. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate lithec897 lighteOE lissea1000 stillc1000 alightOE alithe?a1200 softc1225 swagec1330 abate?c1335 easea1374 accoya1375 allegea1375 stintc1374 slakea1387 assuage1393 planea1400 slecka1400 plasterc1400 soften?c1415 lighten?a1425 mitigate?a1425 relievec1425 asoftc1430 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 sletcha1500 alleve1544 allevate1570 salve?1577 sweetena1586 smooth1589 disembitter1622 deleniate1623 slaken1629 tranquillitate1657 soothe1711 1629 W. Mure True Crucifixe in Wks. I. 275 Till God thy Dolours slaken, in some sort. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < v.1303
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