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Mol·li·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mollified p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying ]
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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mollify
v 1: 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]
2: make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding
something else; moderate; "she tempered her criticism"
[syn: temper, season]
3: make less rigid or softer
[also: mollified]