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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lene \Lene\ (l[=e]n), verb (used with an object) [See {Lend}.] To lend; to grant; to permit. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lene \Le"ne\ (l[=e]"n[-e]), adjective [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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lene \Le"ne\, noun (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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