A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)
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First published 1963 (DOST Vol. III).
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Quotation dates: 1490, 1547-1653
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Lenitive, adj. Also: lini- and -tiwe; levytyve (? erroneous form). [Med. L. lenitivus, F. lénitif, e.m.E. lenitive (1543), also lena-, lene-.] (Physically) soothing or softening; relaxing, gently laxative. —1490 Irland Mir. fol. 239 b.
The oile of the olive tre is linitive sueit to woundis1568 Skeyne Descr. Pest 37.
Usand medicine lenitiue1653 1st Rep. Hist. MSS. App. 277.
I hawe prescryved ane excellent lenitiwe physik1547-1603 Cal. Sc. P. VIII. 567.
And the disease curit from the ground ather be medicamentis levytyve or corrosyve
