LENITIVE
\lˈɛnɪtˌɪv], \lˈɛnɪtˌɪv], \l_ˈɛ_n_ɪ_t_ˌɪ_v]\
Definitions of LENITIVE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
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A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
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A mild purgative; a laxative.
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That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
By Oddity Software
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Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
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A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.
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A mild purgative; a laxative.
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That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
By Noah Webster.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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A medicine, which allays irritation or palliates disease; also, a laxative medicine. A lenitive electuary is one that purges gently.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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