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Webster 1913 Edition

(lĕn′ĭ-fī)

Verb.

[L.

lenis

soft, mild +

-fy

: cf. F.

lénifier

To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.

Bacon.

Dryden.

Verb.

To assuage; to soften; to mitigate. [Little used.]

lenify ‎(third-person singular simple present lenifies, present participle lenifying, simple past and past participle lenified)

(transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften.

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