Mŏl'li-fy, v. t.
v. t. [imp. & p. p. MOLLIFIED; p. pr. & vb. n. MOLLIFYING.] [Fr. mollifier, Pr. mollificar, Sp. mollificar, It. & Lat. mollificare, from Lat. mollis, soft, and facere, to make.]
Sense 1. To make soft or tender; as, to mollify the ground.
Sense 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation.
Sense 3. To appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm. “With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts.” Spenser.
Sense 4. To reduce in harshness or asperity; to qualify. They would . . . sooner prevail with the houses to mollify their demands. Clarendon.