Definition of mollify

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

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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..
Obdurate :: Obdurate (a.) Hardened in feelings, esp. against moral or mollifying influences; unyielding; hard-hearted; stubbornly wicked..
Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
Healing :: Healing (a.) Tending to cure; soothing; mollifying; as, the healing art; a healing salve; healing words..
Mollifying :: Mollifying (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Mollif.
Relent :: Relent (v. t.) To mollify ; to cause to be less harsh or severe.
Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm..
Mollification :: Mollification (n.) The act of mollifying, or the state of being mollified; a softening..
Dulcify :: Dulcify (v. t.) Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
Corrigent :: Corrigent (n.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action.
Conciliate :: Conciliate (v. t.) To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
Mitigate :: Mitigate (v. t.) To make mild and accessible; to mollify; -- applied to persons.
Conciliatory :: Conciliatory (a.) Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
Demulce :: Demulce (v. t.) To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.
Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency..
Demulcent :: Demulcent (a.) Softening; mollifying; soothing; assuasive; as, oil is demulcent..
Ramollescence :: Ramollescence (n.) A softening or mollifying.
Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..
Soothe :: Soothe (a.) To assuage; to mollify; to calm; to comfort; as, to soothe a crying child; to soothe one's sorrows..
Remollient :: Remollient (a.) Mollifying; softening.
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