Definition of soften

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Soften (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury..

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Temper :: Temper (v. t.) To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm..
Immitigable :: Immitigable (a.) Not capable of being mitigated, softened, or appeased..
Sop :: Sop (v. t.) Anything steeped, or dipped and softened, in any liquid; especially, something dipped in broth or liquid food, and intended to be eaten..
Intenerate :: Intenerate (a.) To make tender or sensitive; to soften.
Malacissant :: Malacissant (a.) Softening; relaxing.
Humanize :: Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.
Remollient :: Remollient (a.) Mollifying; softening.
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
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..
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..
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..
Softening :: Softening (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Softe.
Gluepot :: Gluepot (n.) A utensil for melting glue, consisting of an inner pot holding the glue, immersed in an outer one containing water which is heated to soften the glue..
Hectograph :: Hectograph (n.) A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin..
Emulsive :: Emulsive (a.) Softening; milklike.
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..
Mollient :: Mollient (a.) Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.
Softener :: Softener (n.) One who, or that which, softens..
Inteneration :: Inteneration (n.) The act or process of intenerating, or the state of being intenerated; softening..
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