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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

LENIFY

v.t.To assuage; to soften; to mitigate. [Little used. ]

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

LENIFY

Len "i *fy, v. t. Etym: [L. lenis soft, mild + -fy: cf. F.lénifier. ]

 

Defn: To assuage; to soften; to Bacon. Dryden.