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mollify
('m/A/l/I/,f/aI/ )

verb (v)

  • cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of(verb.emotion)
    Example:
    She managed to mollify the angry customer.
    source: wordnet30
  • make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate(verb.change)
    Synonym:
    season, temper
    source: wordnet30
  • make less rigid or softer(verb.change)
    source: wordnet30
  • To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground.(verb)
    source: webster1913

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