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To fill, or become full, again.

To become pure; to be cleared of feculent matter. So the pure, limpid stream, when foul with stains, Works itself clear, and, as it runs, refines. Addison.

xternal object, except so far as that object has been previously perceived, and its image become part and parcel of our intellectual furniture. Sir W. Hamilton. All men are concious of the operations of their own minds, at all times, while they are awake, but there few who reflect upon them, or make them objects of tho…

To cause to become cool; to make or keep cold or cool.

Consideration; thought; reflection; heed. Sad pause and deep regard become the sage. Shak.

Born anew; become Christian; renovated in heart; changed from a natural to a spiritual state.

The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.

To cause to become regular; to regulate. [R.]

th reiterated crimes he might Heap on himself damnation. Milton. You never spoke what did become you less Than this; which to reiterate were sin. Shak.

Becoming, or causing to become, rejuvenated; rejuvenating.

To become lax, weak, or loose; as, to let one's grasp relax. His knees relax with toil. Pope.

To become less rigid or hard; to yield; to dissolve; to melt; to deliquesce. [Obs.] He stirred the coals till relente gan The wax again the fire. Chaucer. [Salt of tartar] placed in a cellar will . . . begin to relent. Boyle. When opening buds salute the welcome day, And earth, relenting, feels the genial ray. Pope.…

parts of pleading which in ancient times might perhaps be material, but at this time are become only mere styles and forms, are still continued with much religion. Sir M. Hale.

An estate in expectancy, generally in land, which becomes an estate in possession upon the determination of a particular prior estate, created at the same time, and by the same instrument; for example, if land be conveyed to A for life, and on his death to B, A's life interest is a particuar estate, and B's interest is…

hee witness. Milton. These nervous, bold; those languid and remiss. Roscommon. Its motion becomes more languid and remiss. Woodward.

To abate in force or in violence; to grow less intense; to become moderated; to abate; to relax; as, a fever remits; the severity of the weather remits.

To be rent or torn; to become parted; to sepparate; to split. Jer. Taylor.

To cause to be, or to become; as, to render a person more safe or more unsafe; to render a fortress secure.

To become new, or as new; to grow or begin again.

To melt; to dissolve; to become fluid. When the blood stagnates in any part, it first coagulates, then resolves, and turns alkaline. Arbuthhnot.