mollify

Etymology
From, from , from.

Verb

 * 1) To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.
 * 2) To appease (anger), pacify, gain the good will of.
 * 3) To soften; to make tender
 * 4) * 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
 * "Nor is it any more difficulty for him to mollifie what is hard, then it is to harden what is so soft and fluid as the Aire."
 * 1) To soften; to make tender
 * 2) * 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
 * "Nor is it any more difficulty for him to mollifie what is hard, then it is to harden what is so soft and fluid as the Aire."
 * 1) To soften; to make tender
 * 2) * 1662, Henry More, An Antidote Against Atheism, Book III, A Collection of Several Philosophical Writings of Dr. Henry More, p. 113:
 * "Nor is it any more difficulty for him to mollifie what is hard, then it is to harden what is so soft and fluid as the Aire."

Synonyms

 * See also Thesaurus:calm
 * See also Thesaurus:calm
 * See also Thesaurus:calm
 * See also Thesaurus:calm

Translations

 * Bulgarian: ,
 * French: ,
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Indonesian: menghibur, menenangkan, meringankan
 * Latin: lēniō
 * Middle English: mollifien, melten
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:


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 * Esperanto: mildigi
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Kazakh: жұбандыру
 * Latin: lēniō
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish: ,