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mollify

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  1. 1. v. t. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. t. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. make less rigid or softer Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. v:100 v. make less rigid or softer Source: ecdict

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