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lenitive

[ len-i-tiv ]

adjective

  1. softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications.
  2. mildly laxative.


noun

  1. a lenitive medicine or application.
  2. a mild laxative.
  3. Archaic. anything that softens or soothes.

lenitive

/ ˈ±ôÉ›²Ôɪ³Ùɪ±¹ /

adjective

  1. soothing or alleviating pain or distress
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. obsolete.
    a lenitive drug
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ±ô±ð²Ôi·³Ù¾±±¹±ð·±ô²â adverb
  • ±ô±ð²Ôi·³Ù¾±±¹±ð·²Ô±ð²õ²õ noun
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lenitive1

From the Medieval Latin word ±ôŧ²ÔÄ«³ÙÄ«±¹³Ü²õ, dating back to 1535–45. See lenition, -ive
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of lenitive1

C16: from Medieval Latin ±ôŧ²ÔÄ«³ÙÄ«±¹³Ü²õ, from Latin ±ôŧ²ÔÄ«°ù±ð to soothe
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For my own part, in expectation of that fatal period when moderation and indulgence should take place, I instantly quitted a country where severity was not softened by any lenitive, and embarked for Spain.

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Thomson's way of dealing with this cause of discontent did not dispose of it for ever, but it at least provided a lenitive.

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In obstinate cases, three drams of carbon may be taken two or three times a day, mixed with three ounces of lenitive electuary, and two drams of carbonate of soda, as circumstances may require.

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The young victim of the wisdom of Solomon was boarded with the parish minister, in whose kindness he found a lenitive for the scholastic discipline he underwent.

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And in the hospital of the mind, the lenitive and fostering measures have a still larger share in the work of a moral restoration.

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