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mollified
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The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
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 .] To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of; "She managed to mollify the angry customer" [syn: pacify , lenify , conciliate , assuage , appease , placate , gentle , gruntle ] make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: mollify )
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1620s, past participle adjective from mollify .
Usage examples of mollified.
He took a cucumber sandwich from the dish Emma offered and his offended feelings were somewhat mollified when she asked.
Considering their barbaric nature, I think they would be mollified if we took vengeance on their behalf by destroying Nicholai Hel and everything he possesses.
But the Chairman wants to keep the Palestinians mollified until this coup comes off.
Now that she was mollified, Zanita saw the wisdom in dropping the subject immediately.
She smiled, at least somewhat mollified, then rose from the bed and downed a glass of champagne.
Only slightly mollified, Longarm went over to Irma and picked up her bags.
Thus mollified the porter at once made a remark about the atrocious weather and proceeded to ask how the work was progressing.
Anna said, a little mollified the blackguard was finally assisting her.
Meanwhile the dissenters, the most inveterate enemies of the court, were mollified by these indulgent maxims: and the Catholics, under their shelter, enjoyed more liberty than the laws had hitherto allowed them.
The chief justice himself, who had hitherto favored the witnesses, exaggerated the plot, and railed against the prisoners, was observed to be considerably mollified, and to give a favorable charge to the jury.