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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
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
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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