| mollify | 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." (Spenser) 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. Origin: F. Mollifier, L. Mollificare; mollis soft + -ficare (in comp) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, and -fy. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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