mollify

[Mol·li*fy]

To mollify is to calm someone down, talk them off the ledge, make amends, maybe even apologize.

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To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

Verb
make less rigid or softer

Verb
make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"

Verb
cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer"


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

v. t.
To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.


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.
With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.

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