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Definitions for lenify
leni·fy
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Princeton's WordNet
pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntleverb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
"She managed to mollify the angry customer"
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Lenifyverb
To assuage; to mitigate.
Etymology: lenifier, old French; lenio, Latin.
It is used for squinancies and inflammations in the throat, whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue. Francis Bacon, Natural History, №. 554.
All soft’ning simples, known of sov’reign use,
He presses out, and pours their noble juice;
These first infus’d, to lenify the pain,
He tugs with pincers, but he tugs in vain. Dryden.
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Webster Dictionary
Lenifyverb
to assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate
Etymology: [L. lenis soft, mild + -fy: cf. F. lnifier.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lenify in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lenify in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
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