Lenite

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • verb-intransitive. To undergo an increase in sonority or become lenis. Said of consonant sounds, as when (p) changes to (b), (b) to (v), or (v) to (w).
  • v. To cause (a consonant sound) to lenite.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To cause (a consonant) to undergo lenition.
  • v. To undergo lenition.
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