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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  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.]
     1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness,
        harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the
        ground.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.
                                                    --Spenser.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited
        feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  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.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  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]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mollify
     Αγγλικά vb.
     μαλακώνω, καταπραΰνω, κάνω κάτι λιγότερο οδυνηρό

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mollify
     vb.
     To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mollify
     vb.
     To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mollify
     vb.
     To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mollify
     vb.
     To ease a burden, particularly worry; make less painful; to comfort.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mollify
     Englanti vb.
     1 lievittää
     2 lohduttaa
     3 rauhoittaa

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Mollify /mˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/
  إهدأ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  mollify //ˈmɒlɪfaɪ// 
  1. укротявам
  to appease
  2. смекчавам, успокоявам
  to ease a burden

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mollify /mˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/ 
  obměkčit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  mollify /mˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/ 
  uklidnit

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  mollify /mˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/ 
  1. शांत करना
        "Its difficult to mollify her once she looses her temper."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  mollify /mˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/
  razmekšati, raznježiti, ublažiti, umekšati

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  mollify /'mɔlıfaı/ 
  (su)švelninti, (su)minkštinti, (nu)raminti

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  mollify /ˈmɒlɪfaɪ/ 
    udobruchiwać

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  mollify /mˈɒlɪfˌaɪ/
  1. yumuşatmak, yatıştırmak, dindirmek, teskin etmek. mollifica'tion  dindirme, teskin.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈmɑɫəˌfaɪ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  89 Moby Thesaurus words for "mollify":
     abate, allay, alleviate, anesthetize, appease, assuage, benumb,
     calm, calm down, compose, conciliate, cool, cradle, cushion,
     deaden, deaden the pain, decrease, defuse, diminish, dulcify, dull,
     ease, ease matters, even out, fluff, foment, gentle, give relief,
     hush, knead, laxate, lay, lay the dust, lessen, lighten, limber,
     limber up, loosen, lull, mash, massage, mellow, milden, mitigate,
     numb, pacify, pad, palliate, placate, plump, poultice,
     pour balm into, pour balm on, pour oil on, propitiate, pulp, quell,
     quiet, reduce, relax, relieve, rest, rock, rock to sleep, salve,
     shake up, slacken, slake, smash, smooth, smooth down, smooth over,
     smoothen, soften, soften up, soothe, squash, stabilize, steady,
     still, stupe, subdue, supple, sweeten, temper, tenderize,
     tone down, tranquilize, tune down
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 缓和,减轻,使镇静;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 平息,缓和,减轻,使镇静

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