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 mollifying
 使軟化

 Mol·li·fy v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mollified p. pr. & vb. n. Mollifying ]
 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.
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