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▪ I. mellowing, vbl. n.|ˈmɛləʊɪŋ|
[f. mellow v. + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. mellow.
1528Paynel Salerne's Regim. H ij, The operations of dulce wynes are digestion, mellowyng, and encressynge of nourishement. 1621Fletcher Pilgrim ii. i, Fling him i' th' hay-mow, let him lie a-mellowing. 1675Grew Tastes Plants iv. §11 Sower apples, by mellowing, and harsh pears, by baking, become sweet. 1845Encycl. Metrop. XXV. 1286/2 The mellowing of wine by time is a process which has baffled hitherto all scientific inquiry. 1897Allbutt's Syst. Med. II. 845 Some amylic alcohol, which tends, however, to disappear in the process of mellowing.
attrib.1871Gladstone in Morley Life (1903) II. vi. viii. 382 In his character the mellowing process has continued to advance.
Add: Also with out (see *mellow v. 3 c).
1977C. McFadden in N.Y. Times Mag. 20 Nov. 117/1 Words and phrases in the Bay Area vocabulary that describe mental inertia: ‘mellowing out’. 1993Rolling Stone 18 Feb. 58/2 Jagger..seems determined to cede nothing to age, dismissing the idea of mellowing out as anathema.
▪ II. mellowing, ppl. a.|ˈmɛləʊɪŋ|
[f. mellow v. + -ing2.]
That mellows (in senses of the vb.).
1637Milton Lycidas 5, I com to..Shatter your leaves before the mellowing year. 1725Pope Odyss. iii. 504 Late from the mellowing cask restor'd to light. 1807Crabbe Par. Reg. ii. 454 And their full autumn felt the mellowing frost. 1894Athenæum 2 June 702/3 [It] became afterwards poetized by the mellowing sun of his genius. |