Part 6463

<hw><hw>Length"ways`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Length"wise`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In the direction of the length; in a longitudinal direction.</def>

<h1>Lengthy</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Length"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>Compar.</tt> <er>Lengthier</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>superl.</tt> <er>Lengthiest</er>.]</wordforms> <def>Having length; rather long or too long; prolix; not brief; -- said chiefly of discourses, writings, and the like.</def> "<i>Lengthy</i> periods." <i>Washington</i>. "Some <i>lengthy</i> additions." <i>Byron</i>. "These would be details too <i>lengthy</i>." <i>Jefferson</i>. "To cut short <i>lengthy</i> explanations."

<i>Trench.</i>

<h1>Lenience, Leniency</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw><hw>Le"ni*ence</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Le"ni*en*cy</hw>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality or state of being lenient; lenity; clemency.</def>

<h1>Leniont</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Le"ni*ont</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>leniens</ets>, <ets>-entis</ets>, p. pr. of <ets>lenire</ets> to soften, fr. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild. Cf. <er>Lithe</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- some<?/<?/es followed by of.</def> "<i>Lenient</i> of grief."

<i>Milton.</i>

<blockquote>Of relax the fibers, are <b>lenient</b>, balsamic. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>Time, that on all things lays his <b>lenient</b> hand. <i>Pope.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Mild; clement; merciful; not rigorous or severe; <as>as, a <ex>lenient</ex> disposition; a <ex>lenient</ex> judge or sentence.</as></def>

<h1>Lenient</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Le"ni*ent</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A lenitive; an emollient.</def>

<h1>Leniently</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Le"ni*ent*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a lenient manner.</def>

<h1>Lenify</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Len"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lenis</ets> soft, mild + <ets>-fy</ets>: cf. F.<ets>l\'82nifier</ets>.]</ety> <def>To assuage; to soften; to <?/<?/tigate; to alleviate.</def>

<i>Bacon. Dryden.</i>

<h1>Leniment</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Len"i*ment</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>lenimentum</ets>: cf. OF. <ets>leniment</ets>. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <def>An assuasive.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Lenitive</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Len"i*tive</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l\'82nitif</ets>. See <er>Lenient</er>.]</ety> <def>Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient.</def>

<h1>Lenitive</h1> <Xpage=842>

<hw>Len"i*tive</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>l\'82nitif</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A medicine or application that has the quality of easing pain or protecting from the action of irritants.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A mild purgative; a laxative.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative.</def>

<blockquote>There is one sweet <b>Lenitive</b> at least for evils, which Nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and fell asleep. <i>Sterne.</i></blockquote>