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Definition of Mollifying

Mollifying
Mollify Mol"li*fy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mollified; p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying.] [F. mollifier, L. mollificare; mollis soft + -ficare (in comp.) to make. See Enmollient, Moil, v. t., and -fy.] 1. To soften; to make tender; to reduce the hardness, harshness, or asperity of; to qualify; as, to mollify the ground. With sweet science mollified their stubborn hearts. --Spenser. 2. To assuage, as pain or irritation, to appease, as excited feeling or passion; to pacify; to calm.

Meaning of Mollifying from wikipedia

- In mathematics, mollifiers (also known as approximations to the identity) are particular smooth functions, used for example in distribution theory to create...
- pressure on Diệm and led him to promise reforms with the intention of mollifying the Buddhists. However, these reforms were not implemented, leading to...
- reforms and the disasters of 1900 only exacerbated. Cixi in 1901 moved to mollify the foreign community, called for reform proposals, and initiated the Late...
- The United Kingdom, France and Austria united in proposing amendments to mollify the Sultan, but the court of St. Petersburg ignored their suggestions....
- gratify her if you yourself proposed the name Albert to her." The Queen was mollified by the proposal to name the new baby Albert, and wrote to the Duchess...
- Alicent's two sons a threat to the crown. Rhaenyra and Laenor are betrothed, mollifying Lord Corlys. Understanding Laenor's homo****uality, Rhaenyra proposes fulfilling...
- Tugh Temür gave lavish presents and an imperial seal to Eljigidey to mollify his anger. With the death of Ilkhan Abu Said Bahatur in 1335, Mongol rule...
- teachers' unions, neither the Higher Education Act nor the new endowments mollified the college professors and students growing increasingly uneasy with the...
- writing that the film is full of "patronizing reversals in the name of mollifying the fans who merely want to be reminded of the first three movies." Justin...
- laws, leading to complex patterns of heirship. Congress has attempted to mollify the impact of heirship by granting tribes the capacity to acquire fragmented...