MOLLIFY

mollify

(verb) make less rigid or softer

temper, season, mollify, moderate

(verb) make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; “she tempered her criticism”

pacify, lenify, conciliate, assuage, appease, mollify, placate, gentle, gruntle

(verb) cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; “She managed to mollify the angry customer”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Verb

mollify (third-person singular simple present mollifies, present participle mollifying, simple past and past participle mollified)

To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.

To soften; to make tender

Synonyms

• (to ease a burden): assuage, calm, comfort, mitigate, soothe

• (to appease): appease, conciliate, pacify, placate, propitiate, satisfy

• See also calm

Source: Wiktionary

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Mol"li*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mollified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying.] Etym: [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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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