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lenitives

lenitives is the plural of lenitive.

Meaning of lenitive

Noun

lenitive (plural lenitives)

  1. An analgesic or other source of relief from pain
    • It is now full time to free him from all these necessities, and to apply cordials and lenitives, after those severities which have already had their full course against him.1688, David Hume, The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol. I, Part E
  2. A laxative.

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Questions about lenitives

What is lenitives the plural of?
Lenitives is the plural of lenitive.

Words near lenitives in the dictionary

  1. lenition
  2. lenitions
  3. lenitive
  4. lenitively
  5. lenitiveness
  6. lenitives
  7. lenitude
  8. lenity
  9. leniwe
  10. lenj
  11. lenjes

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