lenify

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/ˈliːnɪfaɪ//ˈlɛnɪfaɪ/

verb

To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.).

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OriginLatin lēnis ← French lénifier →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person lenifies · participle present lenifying · participle past lenified · past lenified

  1. obsoletetransitiveTo assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.).

    These first infused, to lenify the pain He tugs with pincers, but he tugs in vain

    1697, Virgil, “The Twelfth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC
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    And it is used for squinancies and inflammations in the throat ; whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue

    1627 (indicated as 1626), Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, in Sylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […]; [p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

verbcause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of

Similar
pacifyconciliateassuageappeasemollifyplacategentlegruntle
Broader
calmcalm downquiet
Also see
appeaseassuageconciliategentlegruntlemollifypacifyplacate

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Frenchlénifier
  2. Latinlēnis“soft, mild”
  3. Englishlenify

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

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APA

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MLA

“lenify.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lenify. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lenify,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lenify.

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