Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to leniate
Participle: leniated
Gerund: leniating
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | leniate |
| you | leniate |
| he;she;it | leniates |
| we | leniate |
| you | leniate |
| they | leniate |
Perfect
| I | have leniated |
| you | have leniated |
| he;she;it | has leniated |
| we | have leniated |
| you | have leniated |
| they | have leniated |
Past
| I | leniated |
| you | leniated |
| he;she;it | leniated |
| we | leniated |
| you | leniated |
| they | leniated |
Pluperfect
| I | had leniated |
| you | had leniated |
| he;she;it | had leniated |
| we | had leniated |
| you | had leniated |
| they | had leniated |
Future
| I | will leniate |
| you | will leniate |
| he;she;it | will leniate |
| we | will leniate |
| you | will leniate |
| they | will leniate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have leniated |
| you | will have leniated |
| he;she;it | will have leniated |
| we | will have leniated |
| you | will have leniated |
| they | will have leniated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | leniate |
| you | leniate |
| he;she;it | leniate |
| we | leniate |
| you | leniate |
| they | leniate |
Perfect
| I | have leniated |
| you | have leniated |
| he;she;it | have leniated |
| we | have leniated |
| you | have leniated |
| they | have leniated |
Imperfect
| I | leniated |
| you | leniated |
| he;she;it | leniated |
| we | leniated |
| you | leniated |
| they | leniated |
Pluperfect
| I | had leniated |
| you | had leniated |
| he;she;it | had leniated |
| we | had leniated |
| you | had leniated |
| they | had leniated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would leniate |
| you | would leniate |
| he;she;it | would leniate |
| we | would leniate |
| you | would leniate |
| they | would leniate |
Perfect
| I | would have leniated |
| you | would have leniated |
| he;she;it | would have leniated |
| we | would have leniated |
| you | would have leniated |
| they | would have leniated |
Imperative
| you | leniate |
| we | Let's leniate |
| you | leniate |
Verbs conjugated like 'leniate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'leniate'
laniate,
lenite,
aeriate,
deviate,
herniate,
labiate,
legate,
levigate,
levitate,
mediate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Latin lēniō — to soften, to soothe.
Sample Sentences
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Sometimes an offender is beheaded, sometimes thrown off a rock; […] yet, in these cases, as the Emperor's fury is leniated, they many times escape; but, when the Mutes come in place, all are displaced, against whom their commission is enlarged. [1642, anonymous author, “The Strangling and Death of the Great Turk, and his two Sons”, in The Harleian Miscellany, volume 4, published 1745, page 32:]
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[…] ſuch vehehement [sic] vexations and torments in Colicall dolours, which might be leniated by ſeverall Medicaments […] [1657, Richard Tomlinson (translator), A Medicinal Dispensatory: Containing the whole Body of Phyſick : Discovering the Natures, Properties, and Vertues of Vegetables, Minerals, & Animals: The manner of Compounding Medicaments, and the way to adminiſter them, page 113 (originally published in French as "Dispensatorivm Medicvm " by Jean de Renou, 1609)]
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The conſciouſneſs of ſelf-ſecurity
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Prevails o'er every feeling in the breaſt,
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And leniates all our grief. […] [1792, D[avid] Lloyd, The Voyage of Life: A Poem, page 169:]