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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.

Mol"li*net (?), n. [Cf. Moline.]
A little mill.

Mol`li*pi*lose" (?), a. [L.
mollis soft + pilosus hairy.] (Zoöl.)
Having soft hairs; downy.

||Mol*li"ti*es (?), n. [L., softness.]
(Med.) Unnatural softness of any organ or part.
Dunglison.

Mol"li*tude (?), n. [L.
mollitudo, fr. mollis soft.] Softness; effeminacy;
weakness.

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