MOLLIFY Copy link • MOLLIFYTo soften, mollire, emollire (rarely mitigare), aliquid; macerare aliquid (by steeping in water, etc.). To appease, aliquem, alicujus animum, lenire, delinire, mitigare (Cic.); mollire, emollire (Cic., by entreaties); precibus expugnare aliquem. To assuage, lenire, mitigare, mollire, levare; allevare; sublevare; temperare. SYN. in ALLEVIATE.