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Lenitive   Listen
noun
Lenitive  n.  
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.
2.
That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative. "There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep."





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"Lenitive" Quotes from Famous Books



... Belov'd marine retreat! I oft recall The night, I first repos'd within thy wall: A night devoted, at a friend's desire, To touch the chords of a sepulchral lyre! Touch'd not in vain!—The faithful tribute brought To cureless grief the lenitive, she sought; And Lushington, thro' tearful anguish, smil'd On truth's memorial of her darling child. Little I thought, when eager to bestow The heart's pure offering on parental woe, How soon my filial pride, and friend most dear, Would claim the ...
— Poems on Serious and Sacred Subjects - Printed only as Private Tokens of Regard, for the Particular - Friends of the Author • William Hayley


Words linked to "Lenitive" :   therapeutic, curative, cure, moderating, remedy


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