enmildens
enmildens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enmilden.
Meaning of enmilden
Verb
enmilden (third-person singular simple present enmildens)
- Render lenient or less severe.
- Ut magis peccari nolim, quam satis animi ad vindicanda peccata habeam: ‘So as I had rather men should not offend, then that I should have courage enough to punish their offences.’ Some report that Aristotle, being up-braided by some of his friends that he had beene over mercifull toward a wicked...1603, Michel de Montaigne [aut.] and John Florio [tr.], The Essayes; or, Morall, Politike, and Millitarie Discourses of Lord Michaell de Montaigne (1st ed.), book III, chapter xii: “Of Phisiognomy”
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- Enmildens is the third-person singular simple present indicative of enmilden.
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