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leniting

leniting is the present participle and gerund of lenite.

Meaning of lenite

Verb

lenite (third-person singular simple present lenites, present participle leniting, simple past and past participle lenited)

  1. (transitive) To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
    • This environment lenites "m" to "mh".
  2. (intransitive) To undergo lenition.
    • "M" lenites to "mh".

Questions about leniting

What is leniting the present participle and gerund of?
Leniting is the present participle and gerund of lenite.

Words near leniting in the dictionary

  1. Lenises
  2. lenite
  3. lenited
  4. lenites
  5. lenities
  6. leniting
  7. lenition
  8. lenitions
  9. lenitive
  10. lenitively
  11. lenitiveness

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