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Intenerate :: Intenerate (a.) To make tender or sensitive; to soften.

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..

Litotes :: Litotes (n.) A diminution or softening of statement for the sake of avoiding censure or increasing the effect by contrast with the moderation shown in the form of expression; as, a citizen of no mean city, that is, of an illustrious city..

Malaxation :: Malaxation (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.

Remollient :: Remollient (a.) Mollifying; softening.

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

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

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

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..

Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To soften; to dissolve.

Softener :: Softener (n.) One who, or that which, softens..

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

Mollient :: Mollient (a.) Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.

Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.

Emolliate :: Emolliate (a.) To soften; to render effeminate.

Giving :: Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding..

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..

Steamboat :: Steam (v. t.) To expose to the action of steam; to apply steam to for softening, dressing, or preparing; as, to steam wood; to steamcloth; to steam food, etc..

Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion..

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

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