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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..

Malacosteon :: Malacosteon (n.) A peculiar disease of the bones, in consequence of which they become softened and capable of being bent without breaking..

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make soft or more soft.

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

Emulsive :: Emulsive (a.) Softening; milklike.

Moisten :: Moisten (v. t.) To soften by making moist; to make tender.

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

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

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

Soak :: Soak (v. t.) To cause or suffer to lie in a fluid till the substance has imbibed what it can contain; to macerate in water or other liquid; to steep, as for the purpose of softening or freshening; as, to soak cloth; to soak bread; to soak salt meat, salt fish, or the like..

Mute :: Mute (n.) A little utensil made of brass, ivory, or other material, so formed that it can be fixed in an erect position on the bridge of a violin, or similar instrument, in order to deaden or soften the tone..

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..

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper..

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

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

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

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

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

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..

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