† mitifyv.

Forms: 1600s mitifie, 1700s mitify.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mītificāre.

Etymology: < classical Latin mītificāre to make milder or less severe (in post-classical Latin to alleviate (a disease), 5th cent.) < mītis mild (see mitigate v.) + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare French †mitifier to soften (1611 in Cotgrave), Middle French mitifié , participial adjective (2nd half of the 16th cent.). Compare earlier mitification n.

Obsolete. rare.

transitive. To pacify; to alleviate, mitigate, soften.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]

temperc1000

keelc1175

slakea1300

abate?c1335

settle1338

swagea1340

modifyc1385

rebatea1398

bate1398

moder1414

releasea1425

remiss?a1425

moderate1435

alethe?1440

delaya1450

appal1470

addulce1477

mollify1496

mean?a1513

relent1535

qualify1536

temperatea1540

aplake1578

slack1589

relaxate1598

milden1603

mitigate1611

relax1612

alleniate1615

allay1628

alloy1634

castigate1653

smoothen1655

tendera1656

mitify1656

meeken1662

remitigate1671

obviscate1684

slacken1685

chastise1704

dulcify1744

absorb1791

demulceate1817

chasten1856

modulate1974

mediate1987

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mitifie, to pacifie, or make quiet.

1745 J. Mitchell in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 145 The virulent Acrimony of the cutaneous Contagion being inviscated, and consequently mitified, by the Semen which received it.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	mitify
释义	† mitifyv. Forms: 1600s mitifie, 1700s mitify. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mītificāre. Etymology: < classical Latin mītificāre to make milder or less severe (in post-classical Latin to alleviate (a disease), 5th cent.) < mītis mild (see mitigate v.) + -ficāre -fy suffix. Compare French †mitifier to soften (1611 in Cotgrave), Middle French mitifié , participial adjective (2nd half of the 16th cent.). Compare earlier mitification n. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To pacify; to alleviate, mitigate, soften. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] temperc1000 keelc1175 slakea1300 abate?c1335 settle1338 swagea1340 modifyc1385 rebatea1398 bate1398 moder1414 releasea1425 remiss?a1425 moderate1435 alethe?1440 delaya1450 appal1470 addulce1477 mollify1496 mean?a1513 relent1535 qualify1536 temperatea1540 aplake1578 slack1589 relaxate1598 milden1603 mitigate1611 relax1612 alleniate1615 allay1628 alloy1634 castigate1653 smoothen1655 tendera1656 mitify1656 meeken1662 remitigate1671 obviscate1684 slacken1685 chastise1704 dulcify1744 absorb1791 demulceate1817 chasten1856 modulate1974 mediate1987 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Mitifie, to pacifie, or make quiet. 1745 J. Mitchell in Philos. Trans. 1744–5 (Royal Soc.) 43 145 The virulent Acrimony of the cutaneous Contagion being inviscated, and consequently mitified, by the Semen which received it. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < v.1656
随便看	drippy drips dripshot dripstick dripstone dripstones driptip driptray drisheen drisk drite drivable drivage drive drive a coach and horses through drive a hard bargain drive a nail into any one's coffin drive a pen drive a person near drive a person to a book drive a person to book drive a person to hething drive a person to scorn drive a quill drive a speech