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lenitive
(encz) | lenitive,paliativní adj: Zdeněk Brož |
lenitive
(encz) | lenitive,uklidňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lenitive
(gcide) | Lenitive \Len"i*tive\ (-t[i^]v), a. [Cf. F. l['e]nitif. See
Lenient.]
Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or
acrimony; assuasive; emollient.
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Lenitive
(gcide) | Lenitive \Len"i*tive\, n. [Cf. F. l['e]nitif.]
1. (Med.)
(a) A medicine or application that has the quality of
easing pain or protecting from the action of
irritants.
(b) A mild purgative; a laxative.
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2. That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay
passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.
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There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils,
which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her
hands, and fell asleep. --Sterne.
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lenitive
(wn) | lenitive
adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
[syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive,
mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]
n 1: remedy that eases pain and discomfort |
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lenitive
(encz) | lenitive,paliativní adj: Zdeněk Brožlenitive,uklidňující adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Lenitiveness
(gcide) | Lenitiveness \Len"i*tive*ness\, n.
The quality of being lenitive.
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Splenitive
(gcide) | Splenitive \Splen"i*tive\, a.
Splenetic. --Shak.
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Even and smooth as seemed the temperament of the
nonchalant, languid Virginian -- not splenitive or
rash. --T. N. Page.
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lenitive
(wn) | lenitive
adj 1: moderating pain or sorrow by making it easier to bear
[syn: alleviative, alleviatory, lenitive,
mitigative, mitigatory, palliative]
n 1: remedy that eases pain and discomfort |
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