"lenify" meaning in All languages combined

See lenify on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈliːnɪfaɪ/, /ˈlɛnɪfaɪ/ Forms: lenifies [present, singular, third-person], lenifying [participle, present], lenified [participle, past], lenified [past]
Etymology: From Latin lenis (“soft, mild”) + -fy. Compare French lénifier. See lenition. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|lenis||soft, mild}} Latin lenis (“soft, mild”), {{af|en|-fy}} -fy, {{der|en|fr|lénifier}} French lénifier Head templates: {{en-verb}} lenify (third-person singular simple present lenifies, present participle lenifying, simple past and past participle lenified)
  1. (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften. Tags: transitive

Inflected forms

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