† aˈsoft, aˈsoften,v.Obs. [f. a- prefix 1 + soft v., soften.] To make soft, soften, mitigate. c1430Lydg.Min. Poems (1840) 64 His olde gyltis bothe to a soft and swage. ― Chron. Troy iii. xxvii, Whose herte might asoften nor aswage Nother prayer nor lamantacion.