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Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture..

Coddle :: Coddle (v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling..

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

Hectograph :: Hectograph (n.) A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin..

Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

Contemper :: Contemper (v. t.) To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften.

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..

Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations..

Assuage :: Assuage (v. t.) To soften, in a figurative sense; to allay, mitigate, ease, or lessen, as heat, pain, or grief; to appease or pacify, as passion or tumult; to satisfy, as appetite or desire..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.

Tubercle :: Tubercle (n.) A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption..

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

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

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..

Friz :: Friz (v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument..

Softening :: Softening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Softe.

Euphemism :: Euphemism (n.) A figure in which a harts or indelicate word or expression is softened; a way of describing an offensive thing by an inoffensive expression; a mild name for something disagreeable.

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

Stuffy :: Stuffing (n.) A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.

Immitigable :: Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased..

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