Mellowed

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Mellowing}.]
     To make mellow. --Shak.
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           If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],


           they do not plow it again till April.    --Mortimer.
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           The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
           the ripeness of age.                     --J. C.
                                                    Shairp.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  mellowed \mellowed\ adj.
     1. having a mild and pleasing flavor through proper aging.
  
     Syn: mellow.
          [WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age
        and experience; -- of people.
  
     Syn: gentle, mellow.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mellowed
       adj 1: having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging; "a
              mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" [syn: {mellow}]
       2: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and
          experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age"
          [syn: {mellow}]