Soften
Definition of Soften
Sof´ten | v. t. | 1. | To make soft or more soft. | | 2. | To render less hard; - said of matter. | | 3. | To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable. | | 4. | To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault. | | 5. | To compose; to mitigate; to assuage. | | 6. | To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality. | | 7. | To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture. | | 8. | To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury. | | 9. | To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice. | | v. i. | 1. | To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate. |
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