[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

soften \sof"ten\, v. t. imp.  p. p. softened; p. pr.  vb.
   n. softening.
   to make soft or more soft. specifically: 
   1913 webster
   a to render less hard; -- said of matter.
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             their arrow's point they soften in the flame.
                                                  --gay.
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   b to mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
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             diffidence conciliates the proud, and softens the
             severe.                              --rambler.
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   c to palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften
       a fault.
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   d to compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
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             music can soften pain to ease.       --pope.
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   e to make calm and placid.
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             all that cheers or softens life.     --pope.
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   f to make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less
       violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
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             he bore his great commision in his look,
             but tempered awe, and softened all he spoke.
                                                  --dryden.
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   g to make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the
       coloring of a picture.
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   h to make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as,
       troops softened by luxury.
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   i to make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the
       opposite; as, to soften the voice.
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see also:
softened softening 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

softened
     adj 1: toned down
     2: being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom
        of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled
        noises of the street"; "muted trumpets" syn: dull, muffled,
         muted
     3: of light not bright or glaring; "a softer diffused
        radiance" syn: diffused
see also:
dull muffled muted diffused 

[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

84 moby thesaurus words for "softened":
   abject, apologetic, bated, chastened, complaisant, conditioned,
   constrained, contrite, controlled, creamy, damped, dampened, dead,
   deadened, delicate, dull, dulled, easy, eggshell, flat, gentle,
   gloss, hedged, hedged about, humble, humbled, hushed, in control,
   in hand, iridescent, leavened, light, limited, low-key, mellow,
   mellowy, melted, mild, mitigated, modified, modulated, mollified,
   mother-of-pearl, muffled, muted, nacreous, nonresistive, nonrigid,
   opalescent, pale, pastel, patinaed, pearly, penitent, penitential,
   penitentiary, qualified, quelled, quiet, repentant, restrained,
   restricted, sad, seasoned, semigloss, sheepish, simple, smothered,
   sober, soft, soft as putty, soft-colored, soft-hued, somber, sordo,
   stable, stifled, subdued, subtle, sweet, tempered, tender, touched,
   whisper-soft

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