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Meaning Of Soften
v. t.
To make soft or more soft.
v. t.
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
v. t.
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
v. t.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
v. t.
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
v. t.
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
v. t.
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
v. t.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
v. t.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
v. i.
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
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