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- 4 dictionary resultsmol⋅li⋅fy
[mol-uh-fahy]
–verb (used with object), -fied, -fy⋅ing.
| 1. | to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease. |
| 2. | to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands. |
Related forms:
mol⋅li⋅fi⋅ca⋅tion, noun
mol⋅li⋅fi⋅er, noun
mol⋅li⋅fy⋅ing⋅ly, adverb
mol⋅li⋅fi⋅a⋅ble, adjective
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mol·li·fy (mŏl'ə-fī') tr.v. mol·li·fied, mol·li·fy·ing, mol·li·fies
[Middle English mollifien, from Old French mollifier, from Late Latin mollificāre : Latin mollis, soft; see mel-1 in Indo-European roots + -ficāre, -fy.] mol'li·fi'a·ble adj., mol'li·fi·ca'tion (-fĭ-kā'shən) n., mol'li·fi'er n., mol'li·fy'ing·ly adv. |
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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. 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.
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Language Translation for : mollify
Spanish:
calmar, apaciguar,
German:
besänftigen,
Japanese:
なだめる
mollify
c.1386 (implied in mollification), "to soften (a substance)," from O.Fr. mollifier, from L. mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from L. mollis "soft" + root of facere "to make" (see factitious). Transf. sense of "soften in temper, appease, pacify" is recorded from c.1412.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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