Found 3 hits - Term: mollified, Database: *, Strategy: exact
- [1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
mollify \mol"lify\, 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.
1913 webster
with sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
--spenser.
1913 webster
2. to assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
1913 webster
see also:
mollified mollifying enmollient moil -fy
- [2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mollify
v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
"she managed to mollify the angry customer" syn: pacify,
lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, placate,
gentle, gruntle
2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
syn: temper, season
3: make less rigid or softer
also: mollified
see also:
pacify lenify conciliate assuage appease placate
gentle gruntle temper season mollified
- [3] : WordNet (r) 2.0
mollified
see mollify
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mollify
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