lenitive

  • 11lenitive — /ˈlɛnətɪv / (say lenuhtiv) adjective 1. softening, soothing, or mitigating, as medicines or applications. 2. mildly laxative. –noun 3. a lenitive medicine or application; a mild laxative. 4. Rare anything that softens or soothes …

  • 12lenitive — 1. adjective a) Analgesic, able to reduce pain or suffering. b) Mild; gentle. 2. noun An analgesic or other source of relief from pain …

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  • 13lenitive — Synonyms and related words: alleviating, alleviative, alleviator, altering, analgesic, anesthetic, anodyne, assuager, assuasive, balm, balmy, balsam, balsamic, benumbing, bounding, brilliantine, calmant, calmative, cathartic, chrism, cleansing,… …

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  • 14lenitive — n. medicine which eases mild pain or discomfort; laxative adj. soothing, softening; mildly laxative …

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  • 15lenitive — I. a. Soothing, assuasive, emollient, lenient, mitigative, balmy, sedative, demulcent. II. n. Palliative, emollient, lenient, opiate, anodyne, soothing medicine …

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  • 16lenitive — adj 1. palliative, mitigative, mitigating, alleviative, alleviating, relieving, easing; soothing, softening, assuasive, assuaging, mollifying, demulcent, emollient, balmy, balsamic, A rchaic. lenient; calmative, sedative, relaxing; lubricative,… …

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  • 17lenitive — len·i·tive …

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  • 18lenitive —   a.,n. soothing (drug); gentle laxative; palliative.    ♦ lenity, n. gentleness; leniency …

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  • 19lenitive — adj. & n. adj. Med. soothing. n. 1 Med. a soothing drug or appliance. 2 a palliative. Etymology: ME f. med.L lenitivus (as LENIENT) …

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  • 20lenitive Medicine, — [ lɛnɪtɪv] archaic adjective (of a medicine) laxative. noun a laxative. Origin ME: from med. L. lenitivus, from lenit , lenire soften …

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