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Scottish National Dictionary (1700–)

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First published 1965 (SND Vol. VI).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

LENITIVE, adj. Sc. usage, obs. in Eng. since 17th c.: lenient, gentle, not exacting.wm.Sc. 1842 Children in Trades Report II. i. 6:
Some men are “more lenitive to the girls than others.”Ayr. 1868 J. K. Hunter Artist's Life 145:
Since ye hae the honour to be the first ane that has been brought before me as a magistrate, I wish to be lenitive.

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