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Soften

Soften v. t. To make soft or more soft.
Soften v. t. To render less hard;
said of matter.
Soften v. t. To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
Soften v. t. To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
Soften v. t. To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
Soften v. t. To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
Soften v. t. To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
Soften v. t. To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
Soften v. t. To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
Soften v. i. To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
Softened imp. & p. p. of Soften
Softener n. One who, or that which, softens.
Softening p. pr. & vb. n. of Soften
Softening a. & n. from Soften, v.

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