(1):

(a.) Smooth; as, the lene breathing.

(2):

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

(3):

(n.) The smooth breathing (spiritus lenis).

(4):

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

(5):

(v. t.) To lend; to grant; to permit.