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Etymologies
- Latin lenis soft, mild + -fy: compare French lénifier. See lenition. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“These, by their sweetness, allay the sharpness of rheums, and lenify their acrimony.”
“As in the sacrifice of jealousy, God would have no oil or frankincense put into it, so, in hell, there is no oil of mercy to lenify the sufferings of the damned, no incense of prayer to appease his wrath.”
“(_To the_ 2ND PHYSICIAN) Come, let us begin the cure; and, through the exhilarating sweetness of harmony, let us dulcify, lenify, and pacify the acrimony of his spirits, which, I see, are ready to be inflamed.”
“- calm (someone, especially oneself); make quiet; "She had to compose herself before she could reply to this terrible insult" lenify, mollify, pacify, placate - cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" calma; (in fighting, bombardment) → pausa f during a lull in the conversation accalmie f after a lull of several weeks → endormir qn”
“In hell there is no oil of mercy to lenify the sufferings of the damned, nor incense of prayer to appease God’s wrath.”
“Item, on the 28th, a dose of clarified and edulcorated whey, to soften, lenify, temper, and refresh the blood of”
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lacis, laches, labret, labile, lability, labarum, labefactation, labeorphily, lux, luff, lour, limn and 496 more...
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