I rode to Kensington and procured her a lenitive, with which I returned.
"Anna St. Ives"
Thomas Holcroft
Playing is sometimes an excellent lenitive to calm the mind, and to smother the ardent fire of love.
"The Memoires of Casanova, Complete The Rare Unabridged London Edition Of 1894, plus An Unpublished Chapter of History, By Arthur Symons"
Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
The poor word ascendency, so soft and melodious in its sound, so lenitive and emollient in its first usage, is now employed to cover to the world the most rigid, and perhaps not the most wise, of all plans of policy.
"The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. VI. (of 12)"
Edmund Burke