mollify

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

MOL'LIFY, verb transitive [Latin mollio.] To soften; to make soft or tender. Isaiah 1:1. 1. To assuage, as pain or irritation. 2. To appease; to pacify; to calm or quiet. 3. To qualify; to reduce in harshness or asperity.
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