Mollify
Pronunciation : Mol"li*fy
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis soft + - ficare (in comp.) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, v. t., and -fy.]
Definition : 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.
t. [imp. & p. p. Mollified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913