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|mdlsjtxt=<br /><b class="num">I.</b> [[transitive|trans.]] to [[slacken]], [[loosen]], χ. βιόν, τόξα to [[unstring]] the bow, h. Hom., Plat.: metaph., χ. τὴν ὀργήν Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> to let down, let [[sink]], [[fall]] or [[droop]], πτέρυγα χαλάξαις Pind.; χαλάσας τὸ [[μέτωπον]] having unbent the [[brow]], Ar.; δίκτυα χ. N.T.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> to let [[loose]], [[loose]], [[release]], Aesch.:—absol. to let go, [[slacken]] one's [[hold]], Aesch.<br /><b class="num">4.</b> ἡνίας χ. to [[slack]] the [[reins]], Plat.<br /><b class="num">5.</b> κλῇθρα or [[κλῇδας]] χ. to [[loose]] the bars or bolts, i. e. [[undo]] or [[open]] the [[door]], Soph., Eur.; also, πύλας μοχλοῖς χαλᾶτε Aesch.<br /><b class="num">6.</b> to [[loosen]] or [[undo]] things [[drawn]] [[tightly]] [[together]], Soph., Eur.:—Pass., πρὶν ἂν χαλασθῇ [[δεσμά]] Aesch.<br /><b class="num">II.</b> intr. to [[become]] [[slack]] or [[loose]], Eur.; πύλαι χαλῶσι the gates [[stand]] [[open]], Xen.:—metaph., c. gen., to [[have]] a [[remission]] of, μανιῶν, κακῶν Aesch.; τῆς ὀργῆς Ar.<br /><b class="num">2.</b> c. dat., χ. τινί to [[yield]] to any one, to be [[indulgent]] to him, Aesch.<br /><b class="num">3.</b> absol. to [[remit]], to [[grow]] [[slack]], Plat.