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English Dictionary: lenify by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
lenify
v
  1. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"
    Synonym(s): pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Lenify \Len"i*fy\ (l[ecr]n"[icr]*f[imac]), v. t. [L. lenis soft,
      mild + -fy: cf. F. l[82]nifier.]
      To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate. --Bacon.
      --Dryden.
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