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mollify |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Mollify \Mol"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mollified}; p. pr & vb n. {Mollifying}.] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare mollis soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make See {Enmollient}, {Moil}, v. t., and {-fy}.] 1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of to qualify; as to mollify the ground. With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. --Spenser. 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: mollify v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of "She managed to mollify her angry boss" [syn: {pacify}, {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {placate}, {gentle}, {gruntle}] 2: make less rigid or softer
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