MOLLIFY

mollify. Mollify, v.t. to soften, assuage, appease, quiet

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