lenify

Other forms of lenify

past tense

lenified·

present participle

lenifying·

third person

lenifies·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about lenify

What does lenify mean?

lenify means "cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of".

How many syllables are in lenify?

lenify has 3 syllables and divides as le-ni-fy under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for lenify?

Close synonyms include pacify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is lenify a common word?

lenify is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.