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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..

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

Lenitive :: Lenitive (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient..

Dissolve :: Dissolve (v. t.) To convert into a liquid by means of heat, moisture, etc.,; to melt; to liquefy; to soften..

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

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality..

Steep :: Steep (v. t.) To soak in a liquid; to macerate; to extract the essence of by soaking; as, to soften seed by steeping it in water. Often used figuratively..

Thaw :: Thaw (v. i.) To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws..

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..

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

Melt :: Melt (v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear..

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

Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..

Cavendish :: Cavendish (n.) Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes..

Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..

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

Emollition :: Emollition (n.) The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation.

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

Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency..

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

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