lenify

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It's a recognised English word, but it isn't in the official NASPA Scrabble word list.

Pronunciation

/ˈliːnɪfaɪ/

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/ˈliːnɪfaɪ/ · /ˈlɛnɪfaɪ/

Definition of lenify

1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

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

“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”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

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

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