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Lene [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Smooth; as, the lene breathing.

2. Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).

Lene [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

2. Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).

Lene [Verb transitive] Webster's Dictionary 1913

To lend; to grant; to permit.