Hypertext Webster Gateway: "lenify"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Lenify \Len"i*fy\ (l[e^]n"[i^]*f[imac]), v. t. [L. lenis soft,
mild + -fy: cf. F. l['e]nifier.]
To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate. --Bacon.
--Dryden.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

lenify
v : cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"She managed to mollify her angry boss" [syn: {pacify}, {conciliate},
{assuage}, {appease}, {mollify}, {placate}, {gentle}, {gruntle}]


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