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/ˈliːnɪfaɪ/ · 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
Use lenify when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lenify means (obsolete, transitive) To assuage or mitigate; to soften (fever/pain/effects etc.)..
Common synonyms include assuage, placate, conciliate, appease.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
And it is used for squinancies and inflammations in the throat ; whereby it seemeth to have a mollifying and lenifying virtue
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