"laxen" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: laxens [present, singular, third-person], laxening [participle, present], laxened [participle, past], laxened [past]
Etymology: From lax + -en. Etymology templates: {{af|en|lax|-en|id2=inchoative}} lax + -en Head templates: {{en-verb}} laxen (third-person singular simple present laxens, present participle laxening, simple past and past participle laxened)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To make or become lax Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: laxening

Inflected forms

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