mollify Copy link • mollify: mollio, 4 (both lit. and fig.) to m. anger, iram m., Liv. 1, 9, ad fin.: Cic.: v. to soften, mitigate. Also, in same sense, emollio, 4: Liv.: Ov.
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.