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Emolliate :: Emolliate (a.) To soften; to render effeminate.

Quirboilly :: Quirboilly (n.) Leather softened by boiling so as to take any required shape. Upon drying, it becomes exceedingly hard, and hence was formerly used for armor..

Mellow :: Mellow (superl.) Well matured; softened by years; genial; jovial.

Melt :: Melt (v.) Hence: To soften, as by a warming or kindly influence; to relax; to render gentle or susceptible to mild influences; sometimes, in a bad sense, to take away the firmness of; to weaken..

Meliorate :: Meliorate (v. t.) To make better; to improve; to ameliorate; to soften; to make more tolerable.

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice..

Melt :: Melt (v. i.) Hence: To be softened; to become tender, mild, or gentle; also, to be weakened or subdued, as by fear..

Graining :: Graining (n.) A process in dressing leather, by which the skin is softened and the grain raised..

Relent :: Relent (v. i.) To become less severe or intense; to become less hard, harsh, cruel, or the like; to soften in temper; to become more mild and tender; to feel compassion..

Grain :: Grain (v. t.) To take the hair off (skins); to soften and raise the grain of (leather, etc.)..

Euphemistical :: Euphemistical (a.) Pertaining to euphemism; containing a euphemism; softened in expression.

Macerate :: Macerate (v. t.) To soften by steeping in a liquid, with or without heat; to wear away or separate the parts of by steeping; as, to macerate animal or vegetable fiber..

Qualify :: Qualify (v. t.) Hence, to soften; to abate; to diminish; to assuage; to reduce the strength of, as liquors..

Attemper :: Attemper (v. t.) To soften, mollify, or moderate; to soothe; to temper; as, to attemper rigid justice with clemency..

Unsteel :: Unsteel (v. t.) To disarm; to soften.

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury..

Hectograph :: Hectograph (n.) A contrivance for multiple copying, by means of a surface of gelatin softened with glycerin..

Demulce :: Demulce (v. t.) To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.

Taw :: Taw (v. t.) To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them..

Digest :: Digest (v. t.) To soften by heat and moisture; to expose to a gentle heat in a boiler or matrass, as a preparation for chemical operations..

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