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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- intransitive verb To undergo an increase in sonority or become lenis. Said of consonant sounds, as when (p) changes to (b), (b) to (v), or (v) to (w).
- intransitive verb To cause (a consonant sound) to lenite.
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- verb Celtic languages To cause (a
consonant ) to undergolenition . - verb Celtic languages, of a consonant To undergo
lenition .
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knitandpurl commented on the word lenite
"Every cloud lenites the purple capital letters of the pirouetting peaks of the mountains."
The Dirty Dust by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, translated by Alan Titley, p 169
June 5, 2016