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lene |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lene \Lene\ (l[=e]n), v. t. [See {Lend}.] To lend; to grant; to permit. [Obs.] --Chaucer. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lene \Le"ne\ (l[=e]"n[-e]), a. [L. lenis smooth.] (Phonetics) a Smooth; as the lene breathing. b Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr [pi], [kappa], [tau]). --W. E. Jelf. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Lene \Le"ne\, n. (Phonetics) a The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis). b Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr [pi], [kappa], [tau]). --W. E. Jelf.
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