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Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make soft or more soft.

Malaxation :: Malaxation (n.) The act of softening by mixing with a thinner substance; the formation of ingredients into a mass for pills or plasters.

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

Ramollescence :: Ramollescence (n.) A softening or mollifying.

Malacissant :: Malacissant (a.) Softening; relaxing.

Emulsive :: Emulsive (a.) Softening; milklike.

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

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To render less hard; -- said of matter.

Scumbling :: Scumbling (n.) A mode of obtaining a softened effect, in painting and drawing, by the application of a thin layer of opaque color to the surface of a painting, or part of the surface, which is too bright in color, or which requires harmonizing..

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..

Friz :: Friz (v. t.) To soften and make of even thickness by rubbing, as with pumice stone or a blunt instrument..

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

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.

Soften :: Soften (v. t.) To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture..

Giving :: Giving (n.) The act of softening, breaking, or yielding..

Mollify :: Mollify (v. t.) To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground..

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..

Humanize :: Humanize (v. t.) To render human or humane; to soften; to make gentle by overcoming cruel dispositions and rude habits; to refine or civilize.

Intenerate :: Intenerate (a.) Made tender or soft; softened.

Sweeten :: Sweeten (a.) To make mild or kind; to soften; as, to sweeten the temper..

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