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: le-ni-fy. The stress falls on "le".

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.