mollify

Betekenis (Engels)

  1. To ease a burden, particularly to ease a worry; make less painful; to comfort.
  2. To appease anger, pacify, gain the good will of.
  3. To soften; to make tender.

Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈmɒlɪfaɪ/
Etimologie (Engels)

In summary

From Middle English mollifien, from Late Latin mollificō, from Latin mollis (“soft”).

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