Definition of Lenited

1. Verb. (past of lenite) ¹

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Definition of Lenited

1. lenite [v] - See also: lenite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenited

leniences
leniencies
leniency
lenient
leniently
lenients
lenified
lenifies
lenify
lenifying
leniment
leniments
leningradite
lenis
lenite
lenited (current term)
lenites
lenities
leniting
lenition
lenitions
lenitive
lenitively
lenitiveness
lenitives
lenitude
lenity
lenni-lenape
lennilenapeite
lennow

Literary usage of Lenited

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Ériu by School of Irish Learning (Dublin), Royal Irish Academy (1907)
"... in a (lenited) s: nis, ros, dos, etc. If it be asked whence this s came, a possible explanation is that ni ' non est,' which goes back to *nls, ..."

2. The London Encyclopaedia, Or, Universal Dictionary of Science, Art by Thomas Tegg (1829)
"Experiment I. — A platina and a gold "ire being thus connected, and introduced into toe electrical circuit, the platina was instantly lenited, ..."

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