1. Cause to be more favourably inclined; gain the good will of
   "Her kind words lenified the angry customer";
   - pacify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle

Derived forms: lenifying, lenified, lenifies

Type of: calm, calm down, lull, quiet, quieten [Brit], still, tranquilize [N. Amer], tranquillise [Brit], tranquillize