lenifyv.

/ˈliːnɪfʌɪ/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s lenefie, lenifie.

Etymology: < Latin lēnis soft, mild + -fy suffix.

†1. transitive with material object: To relax, make soft or supple (some part of the body); to render (cider) mellow. Also, to mitigate (a physical condition). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > alleviate

palea1400

delivera1413

palliate?a1425

succour1526

pallify?1543

lenify1574

subdue1591

the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [verb (transitive)] > loose

lenify1574

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours [verb (transitive)] > soften

lenify1574

leniate1622

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > relieve pain [verb (transitive)] > soothe

lenify1574

1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 29 Egges..poched..do aswage and lenifie it [the lower part of the belly].

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 72 Oyle of Elder flowers doth lenifie and purge the skin.

a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3065 He must..enforce himself..,to lenifie the rotten sores of their Ulcerous consciences.

1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden lx The Mucilage [of Fleawort]..helps to lenifie the drynesse of the mouth and throat.

1679 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva (ed. 3) 393 Two or three Eggs whole put into an Hogshead of Cider..sometimes rarely lenifies and gentilizes it.

1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. vii. 311/2 It is an excellent Pectoral,..lenifies roughness, takes away hoarsness.

absolute.1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 145 The uses of this [sc. Emulsion] are great..Summarily to Lenify, Supple.1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 57 Unrefined [Sugar] to levigate and lenify.

2. With immaterial object: To assuage, mitigate, soften, soothe (pain, suffering, etc.). Also, to mitigate (a sentence). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > reduce sentence or penalty

forbuyc1315

lenify1567

commute1642

to let one off easy1821

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering)

lissea1000

alightOE

allayc1225

softc1225

comfort1297

laya1300

eathea1325

allegea1375

appeasec1374

laska1375

slakea1387

releasea1393

balma1400

to bete one of one's balea1400

to cool a person's caresc1400

delivera1413

leggea1425

mitigate?a1425

repress?a1425

alleviate?a1475

allevya1500

alleve1544

leviate1545

lenify1567

allevate1570

ungrieve1589

straight1604

mulcify1653

balsama1666

solace1667

meliorate1796

1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. Ded. sig. *ij Musike..lenifieth sorowe.

1568 H. Billingsley tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Learned Comm. Epist. Romanes 355 The feare is eyther lenified, or els sometymes vtterly layd away.

1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M3 Shee hung about his knees, &..desired him the sentence might bee lenefied.

a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G2/1 This Cataplasme of a well cozen'd Lawyer Laid to my stomach, lenifies my Fever.

1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor 447 Lenifie their minds by a deprecation of offence in a word.

1681 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 260 Lord Treasurer Clifford..could not endure I should lenify my style.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 596 These first infused, to lenifie the Pain.

1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 184 To lenifie the ill Humour of our Slanderers.

1882 Good Words 23 786 She was able to look on the whole blunder with calmness, lenified in the humility it brought.

Derivatives

ˈlenifying n. and adj.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief

comfortable1377

comforting1382

easefulc1425

solaciousc1450

unctious1477

consolativea1492

consolatorya1500

comfortful1552

recomfortable1581

cordial1584

relieving1597

comfortizing1600

balmya1616

lenifying1617

consolating?1650

easinga1665

balsamic1667

relief-ful1699

consolinga1704

assuasive1713

solacing1721

soothing1746

consolate1748

reassuring1753

alleviative1770

cheering1796

assuaging1801

sooth1819

paramuthetic1854

soothful1886

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > softening

mollificativea1400

mollitive?a1425

remollitive?a1425

malactic?1541

suppling1548

remollient1597

emolliative1601

emollitive1601

lenifying1617

emollient1643

supplying1651

malactical1657

mollient1721

the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing

sedativec1425

lenitive1543

lenifying1617

demulcing1619

lenient1652

levative1657

levigating1710

demulcent1732

temperating1753

demulcetive1756

soothing1899

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 53 It hath a lenifying and anodine qualitie.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §51 Cow milke..is..proper for..all manner of Lenifyings.

1651 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) ii. vi. 259 The lenifying of exasperated and exulcerated mindes.

1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 37 This he reputes to be hot and moist, and of a lenifying nature.

1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 177 The Fat of a Trout is of a lenifying and dissolving Nature.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	lenify
释义	lenifyv. /ˈliːnɪfʌɪ/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s lenefie, lenifie. Etymology: < Latin lēnis soft, mild + -fy suffix. †1. transitive with material object: To relax, make soft or supple (some part of the body); to render (cider) mellow. Also, to mitigate (a physical condition). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > heal or cure [verb (transitive)] > alleviate palea1400 delivera1413 palliate?a1425 succour1526 pallify?1543 lenify1574 subdue1591 the world > life > the body > structural parts > muscle > [verb (transitive)] > loose lenify1574 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours [verb (transitive)] > soften lenify1574 leniate1622 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > relieve pain [verb (transitive)] > soothe lenify1574 1574 T. Newton tr. G. Gratarolo Direct. Health Magistrates & Studentes 29 Egges..poched..do aswage and lenifie it [the lower part of the belly]. 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 72 Oyle of Elder flowers doth lenifie and purge the skin. a1640 T. Jackson Exact Coll. Wks. (1654) 3065 He must..enforce himself..,to lenifie the rotten sores of their Ulcerous consciences. 1657 W. Coles Adam in Eden lx The Mucilage [of Fleawort]..helps to lenifie the drynesse of the mouth and throat. 1679 J. Newburgh in J. Evelyn Pomona in Sylva (ed. 3) 393 Two or three Eggs whole put into an Hogshead of Cider..sometimes rarely lenifies and gentilizes it. 1694 W. Salmon Pharmacopœia Bateana i. vii. 311/2 It is an excellent Pectoral,..lenifies roughness, takes away hoarsness. absolute.1710 T. Fuller Pharmacopœia Extemporanea 145 The uses of this [sc. Emulsion] are great..Summarily to Lenify, Supple.1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 57 Unrefined [Sugar] to levigate and lenify. 2. With immaterial object: To assuage, mitigate, soften, soothe (pain, suffering, etc.). Also, to mitigate (a sentence). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > [verb (transitive)] > reduce sentence or penalty forbuyc1315 lenify1567 commute1642 to let one off easy1821 the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > be relieved of [verb (transitive)] > console or relieve > relieve (suffering) lissea1000 alightOE allayc1225 softc1225 comfort1297 laya1300 eathea1325 allegea1375 appeasec1374 laska1375 slakea1387 releasea1393 balma1400 to bete one of one's balea1400 to cool a person's caresc1400 delivera1413 leggea1425 mitigate?a1425 repress?a1425 alleviate?a1475 allevya1500 alleve1544 leviate1545 lenify1567 allevate1570 ungrieve1589 straight1604 mulcify1653 balsama1666 solace1667 meliorate1796 1567 W. Painter Palace of Pleasure II. Ded. sig. ij Musike..lenifieth sorowe. 1568 H. Billingsley tr. P. M. Vermigli Most Learned Comm. Epist. Romanes* 355 The feare is eyther lenified, or els sometymes vtterly layd away. 1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. M3 Shee hung about his knees, &..desired him the sentence might bee lenefied. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iv. v, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G2/1 This Cataplasme of a well cozen'd Lawyer Laid to my stomach, lenifies my Fever. 1656 R. Baxter Reformed Pastor 447 Lenifie their minds by a deprecation of offence in a word. 1681 J. Evelyn Mem. (1857) III. 260 Lord Treasurer Clifford..could not endure I should lenify my style. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis xii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 596 These first infused, to lenifie the Pain. 1706 tr. J. B. Morvan de Bellegarde Refl. upon Ridicule 184 To lenifie the ill Humour of our Slanderers. 1882 Good Words 23 786 She was able to look on the whole blunder with calmness, lenified in the humility it brought. Derivatives ˈlenifying n. and adj. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adjective] > giving consolation or relief comfortable1377 comforting1382 easefulc1425 solaciousc1450 unctious1477 consolativea1492 consolatorya1500 comfortful1552 recomfortable1581 cordial1584 relieving1597 comfortizing1600 balmya1616 lenifying1617 consolating?1650 easinga1665 balsamic1667 relief-ful1699 consolinga1704 assuasive1713 solacing1721 soothing1746 consolate1748 reassuring1753 alleviative1770 cheering1796 assuaging1801 sooth1819 paramuthetic1854 soothful1886 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [adjective] > softening mollificativea1400 mollitive?a1425 remollitive?a1425 malactic?1541 suppling1548 remollient1597 emolliative1601 emollitive1601 lenifying1617 emollient1643 supplying1651 malactical1657 mollient1721 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > analgesic > [adjective] > soothing sedativec1425 lenitive1543 lenifying1617 demulcing1619 lenient1652 levative1657 levigating1710 demulcent1732 temperating1753 demulcetive1756 soothing1899 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 53 It hath a lenifying and anodine qualitie. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §51 Cow milke..is..proper for..all manner of Lenifyings. 1651 R. Baxter Saints Everlasting Rest (new ed.) ii. vi. 259 The lenifying of exasperated and exulcerated mindes. 1662 H. Stubbe Indian Nectar iii. 37 This he reputes to be hot and moist, and of a lenifying nature. 1758 R. Griffiths Descr. Thames 177 The Fat of a Trout is of a lenifying and dissolving Nature. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < v.1567
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