'Mollified' definitions:

Definition of 'Mollified'

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  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. [1913 Webster]

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