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Lene
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3
Part of speech: noun (n.)
1. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
2. Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or i (or Gr. p, k, t.). W. E. Jelf.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3
Part of speech: verb (v.)
To lend; to grant; to permit. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
2. Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t. (or Gr. p, k, t.). W. E. Jelf.