Mollified

3 definitions found

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

  Mollify \Mol"li*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mollified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Mollifying}.] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis
     soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See {Enmollient}, {Moil},
     v. t., and {-fy}.]
     1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness,
        harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the


        ground.
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              With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
        feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mollify
       v 1: cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of;
            "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: {pacify},
             {lenify}, {conciliate}, {assuage}, {appease}, {placate},
             {gentle}, {gruntle}]
       2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
          something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
          [syn: {temper}, {season}]
       3: make less rigid or softer
       [also: {mollified}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mollified
       See {mollify}