mollify
[ mol-uh-fahy ]
/ ˈmɒl əˌfaɪ /
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verb (used with object), mol·li·fied, mol·li·fy·ing.
to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
to mitigate or reduce; soften: to mollify one's demands.
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Origin of mollify
1350–1400; Middle English <Middle French mollifier<Late Latin mollificāre, equivalent to Latin molli(s) soft + -ficāre-fy
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mollescent, Mollet, Moll Flanders, Mollie, Mollier diagram, mollify, mollisol, mollities, mollusc, Mollusca, molluscoid
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mollify
/ (ˈmɒlɪˌfaɪ) /
verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr)
to pacify; soothe
to lessen the harshness or severity of
Derived forms of mollify
mollifiable, adjectivemollification, nounmollifier, nounWord Origin for mollify
C15: from Old French mollifier, via Late Latin, from Latin mollis soft + facere to make
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