Definition of soften

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Soften (v. i.) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate..

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Mollient :: Mollient (a.) Serving to soften; assuaging; emollient.
Lenitive :: Lenitive (a.) Having the quality of softening or mitigating, as pain or acrimony; assuasive; emollient..
Mollification :: Mollification (n.) The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening..
Softening :: Softening () a. & n. from Soften, v..
Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency..
Gastromalacia :: Gastromalacia (n.) A softening of the coats of the stomach; -- usually a post-morten change.
Coddle :: Coddle (v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling..
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..
Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..
Emollition :: Emollition (n.) The act of softening or relaxing; relaxation.
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.
Hectograph :: Hectograph (n.) A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin..
Euphemistical :: Euphemistical (a.) Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To soften; to dissolve.
Soften :: Soften (v. i.) To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate..
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..
Muffler :: Muffler (n.) A cushion for terminating or softening a note made by a stringed instrument with a keyboard.
Malaxation :: Malaxation (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.
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..
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