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a. & n. from Soften, v.
SOFTE
v. t.
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
superl.
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
n.
One who, or that which, softens.
v. i.
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
a.
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
v. t.
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
n.
A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
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.
v. t.
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
v. t.
To disarm; to soften.
superl.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
v. t.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
v. i.
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
v. t.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
v. t.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Soften
v. t.
To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.
imp. & p. p.
of Soften
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