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[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
see also:
mollify 

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