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.