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Lenient :: Lenient (a.) Relaxing; emollient; softening; assuasive; -- sometimes followed by of.

Melt :: Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken..

Demulce :: Demulce (v. t.) To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.

Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..

Digester :: Digester (n.) A strong closed vessel, in which bones or other substances may be subjected, usually in water or other liquid, to a temperature above that of boiling, in order to soften them..

Lenify :: Lenify (v. t.) To assuage; to soften; to mitigate; to alleviate.

Emollient :: Emollient (a.) Softening; making supple; acting as an emollient.

Gizzard :: Gizzard (n.) The second, or true, muscular stomach of birds, in which the food is crushed and ground, after being softened in the glandular stomach (crop), or lower part of the esophagus; the gigerium..

Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing..

Softner :: Softner (n.) See Softener.

Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make less severe, intense, harsh, rigorous, painful, etc.; to soften; to meliorate; to alleviate; to diminish; to lessen; as, to mitigate heat or cold; to mitigate grief..

Malaxate :: Malaxate (v. t.) To soften by kneading or stirring with some thinner substance.

Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make soft or more soft.

Lithe :: Lithe (a.) To smooth; to soften; to palliate.

Thaw :: Thaw (v. t.) To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve..

Lenitive :: Lenitive (n.) That which softens or mitigates; that which tends to allay passion, excitement, or pain; a palliative..

Indigested :: Indigested (a.) Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

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