Literary notes about lenify (AI summary)
The term "lenify" is employed in literature to describe the act of softening or mitigating harsh qualities, whether physical or emotional. In some works, it is used in a medicinal or physical context—to ease discomfort or irritation in bodily functions—as seen when it is applied to soften the harshness of a throat or the acrimony of bodily fluids [1][2][3]. In other instances, "lenify" extends to the tempering of emotional states, such as reducing wrath or soothing pain, demonstrating its flexibility in addressing both tangible and intangible forms of severity [4][5][6][7].
- These, by their sweetness, allay the sharpness of rheums, and lenify their acrimony.
— from A Treatise on Foreign Teas Abstracted From An Ingenious Work, Lately Published, Entitled An Essay On the Nerves by Hugh Smith - The same, with a little sugar, is good to lenify the harshness and hoarseness of the throat, and roughness of the tongue.
— from The Complete Herbal by Nicholas Culpeper - This will lenify the inside of the intestines by its unctuousness, and by that means bring away that which is contained in them more easily.
— from The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle - "Item, on the 28th, a dose of clarified and edulcorated whey, to soften, lenify, temper, and refresh the blood of Mr. Argan, twenty sous."
— from The Imaginary Invalid by Molière - Patience will lenify another's wrath; and if you use it but so long, as a little to stay yourselves, till reason be awake, it will lenify your own.
— from A Christian Directory, Part 1: Christian Ethics by Richard Baxter - These first infus’d, to lenify the pain, He tugs with pincers, but he tugs in vain.
— from The Aeneid by Virgil - These first infused, to lenify the pain— He tugs with pincers, but he tugs in vain.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 15 by John Dryden
