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Definition of Lenitive

1. Adjective. Moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear.

Definition of Lenitive

1. a. Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.

2. n. A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.

Definition of Lenitive

1. Adjective. Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering. ¹

2. Adjective. (context: of a person) Mild; gentle. ¹

3. Noun. An analgesic or other source of relief from pain ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Lenitive

1. a soothing medicine [n -S]

Medical Definition of Lenitive

1. 1. A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants. A mild purgative; a laxative. 2. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative. "There is one sweet Lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep." (Sterne) Origin: Cf. F. Lenitif. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lenitive

Literary usage of Lenitive

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

1. Practical therapeutics by Edward John Waring (1874)
"In Habitual Constipation, in the Constipation of Pregnancy, and in the Puerperal State, senna, particularly in the form of the confection (the old lenitive ..."

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