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mollify

[ mol-uh-fahy ]

verb (used with object)

mollified, mollifying.
  1. to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.
  2. to mitigate or reduce; soften:

    to mollify one's demands.



mollify

/ ˈɒɪˌڲɪ /

verb

  1. to pacify; soothe
  2. to lessen the harshness or severity of
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈDZˌھ, noun
  • ˌDZھˈپDz, noun
  • ˈDZˌھ, adjective
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Other yvlog Forms

  • DZ··ھ··پDz [mol-, uh, -fi-, key, -sh, uh, n], noun
  • DZ··ھ· noun
  • DZ··ڲ·Բ· adverb
  • DZ··ھ·· adjective
  • ·DZ··ڲ verb (used with object) remollified remollifying
  • un·DZ··ھ·· adjective
  • ܲ·DZ··ڲ·Բ adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mollify1

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English, from Middle French mollifier, from Late Latin DZھ, equivalent to Latin molli(s) “soft” + -fy
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of mollify1

C15: from Old French mollifier, via Late Latin, from Latin mollis soft + facere to make
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Of any attempt to mollify Trump, he said "good luck with that".

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The answer is complicated, but that won’t necessarily mollify a California electorate that seems anxious, aggrieved and out of sorts — especially as regards the state’s current chief executive.

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The fact that it was supposed to be temporary did not mollify the people who disliked it, chief among them the short-story writer Guy de Maupassant.

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The first of these groups includes Bannon and may be the trickiest to mollify.

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Now the question is whether the departures will be enough to mollify the mostly young people who have been staging regular and increasingly elaborate demonstrations.

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