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Lenify

//ˈliːnɪfaɪ// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.). obsolete, transitive

    "And it is used for squinancies and inflammations in the throat ; whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue"

  2. 2
    cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of wordnet

Etymology

From Latin lenis (“soft, mild”) + -fy. Compare French lénifier. See lenition.

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