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Definition of Lenify
1. Verb. Cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of. "The performance is likely to lenify Sue"; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
Exact synonyms: Appease, Assuage, Conciliate, Gentle, Gruntle, Mollify, Pacify, Placate
Generic synonyms: Calm, Calm Down, Lull, Quiet, Quieten, Still, Tranquilize, Tranquillise, Tranquillize
Derivative terms: Appeasable, Conciliation, Conciliation, Conciliative, Conciliator, Mollification, Mollification, Pacification, Pacifier, Peace, Peace, Placation, Placative, Placatory
Generic synonyms: Calm, Calm Down, Lull, Quiet, Quieten, Still, Tranquilize, Tranquillise, Tranquillize
Derivative terms: Appeasable, Conciliation, Conciliation, Conciliative, Conciliator, Mollification, Mollification, Pacification, Pacifier, Peace, Peace, Placation, Placative, Placatory
Definition of Lenify
1. v. t. To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.
Definition of Lenify
1. Verb. (transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lenify
1. to mitigate [v LENIFIED, LENIFYING, LENIFIES] - See also: mitigate
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenify
Literary usage of Lenify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Christian Directory, Or, A Body of Practical Divinity and Cases of Conscience by Richard Baxter (1825)
"Patience will lenify another's wrath: and if you use it but so long, ... a little
to stay yourselves, till reason be awake, it will lenify your own. ..."
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