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Meaning of lenify | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B1
ˈliːnɪfaɪ

Definitions

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

obsolete, transitive

Examples

“And it is used for squinancies and inflammations in the throat ; whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue”
“These first infused, to lenify the pain He tugs with pincers, but he tugs in vain”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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See also

lenifying lenite lenited lenites leniting lenocinate

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