Definition of lene

• v. t. - To lend; to grant; to permit.
• a. - Smooth; as, the lene breathing.
• a. - Applied to certain mute consonants, as p, k, and t (or Gr. /, /, /).
• n. - The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).
• n. - Any one of the lene consonants, as p, k, or t (or Gr. /, /, /).