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单词 mollifying
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mollifyingn.

Brit. /ˈmɒlᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑləˌfaɪɪŋ/
Forms: late Middle English mollifienge, late Middle English mollifiyng, late Middle English–1600s 1800s– mollifying, 1500s molifiyng, 1500s mollifieng, 1500s mollyfyeng; also Scottish pre-1700 mollyfying.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mollify v., -ing suffix1.
Etymology: < mollify v. + -ing suffix1. Compare mollitive n. and slightly earlier mollification n., mollificative n.
1. The action of mollify v.; an instance of this.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe
softinga1400
slakingc1400
mollifying?a1425
softening?a1425
temperament1475
moderationa1500
temperatinga1540
releasing?1543
amollishment1612
mollificationa1631
quietationa1639
castigationa1676
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > making
mollifying?a1425
mollification1886
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > becoming
mollifyinga1540
relentment1628
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > becoming or making soft
mollificationc1395
neshinga1398
remollition?a1425
softening?a1425
mollition1617
emollitiona1619
inteneration1626
malacissation1638
mollifying1643
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 36 (MED) Which [medicines] so euer in mollifiyng may euapour beþ apte vn to þis werke.
1526 Grete Herball sig. Ddiii/2 Relaxyng is a mollyfyeng or softenyng of a membre.
?1533 G. Du Wes Introductorie for to lerne Frenche sig. Aaii v Molifiyng of angre.
a1540 R. Barnes Wks. (1573) 274/1 Duns saith, that there is a mollifieng, that precedeth grace, which hee calleth attrition.
1589 G. Puttenham Arte Eng. Poesie i. iii. 4 The mollifying of hard and stonie hearts by..sweete and eloquent perswasion.
1643 J. Steer tr. Fabricius Exper. Chyrurg. xiv. 55 They [sc. scars] require greater mollifying.
1657 R. Tomlinson tr. J. de Renou Physical Inst. i, in Medicinal Dispensatory sig. F2 Some purge..by mollifying, as most Malacticks.
a1686 J. Gordon Hist. Scots Affairs (1841) III. 32 [It] was a mollyfying of his majestys declaratione, that it might be the mor readily receaved.
1698 M. Pix Deceiver Deceived v. 42 Yonder are they Nuckle deep in Sweet-meats, and have the best Wines the world affords before 'em, yet I perceive no signs of mollifying.
1853 J. G. Baldwin Flush Times Alabama & Mississippi 285 Swift was not more English in his sturdy, peremptory handling of a subject, than Sam; nor more given to varnish and mollifying.
1881 A. Trollope Ayala's Angel I. xx. 248 Sir Thomas, as far as I can see, does not require much mollifying.
1904 Amer. Jrnl. Sociol. 9 511 The struggle is fought without the sharpness, but also without the mollifyings, which come from intermingling of the personal element.
2. A medicine or ointment for softening a part of the body, an emollient. Cf. mollificative n. Obsolete.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > softening medicine
mollificativea1400
mollifying?a1425
mollitive?a1425
remollitive?a1425
mollification1562
emollitive1601
mollient1612
remollient1612
malactic1634
emollient1656
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 45v Mollifyingz [?c1425 Paris mollificatyues] forsoþ, be noȝt euery maner bot homely, outake in necessite where homely suffiseþ noȝt.
3. Mathematics. The process of operating on a function with a mollifier in order to generate a smooth approximation of it. Cf. mollify v. 6.
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1961 Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 12 246 To satisfy ourselves that the instabilities of the backward diffusion process have not been masked by an integral mollifying process, we remark that [etc.].
1973 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 179 244 The sequence a(m) can be obtained from a by ‘mollifying’ (convolution with smooth kernel).
1992 Math. of Computation 58 663 We want to apply this method directly to the case of the rectangular potential barrier, without any mollifying.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

mollifyingadj.

Brit. /ˈmɒlᵻfʌɪɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmɑləˌfaɪɪŋ/
Forms: late Middle English mollifieng, 1500s mollifiying, 1500s– mollifying.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mollify v., -ing suffix2.
Etymology: < mollify v. + -ing suffix2. Compare mollitive adj. and slightly earlier mollificative adj.
1. That mollifies a person or thing; †that makes a thing soft or supple (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [adjective] > becoming or making soft
softinga1398
softeninga1400
malaxing?a1425
mollifying?c1425
suppliant1631
malacissant1638
inteneratinga1711
the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > weak in character or will > weakening the character
mollifying1622
enervating1821
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adjective] > appeasing or propitiatory
propitiatory1536
conciliatory1576
placatorya1640
conciliating1661
mollifying1713
disarminga1718
conciliative1819
anti-inflammatory1842
propitiative1853
propitial1863
placating1873
conciliant1882
placative1903
accommodational1907
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [adjective] > making
melting1593
mollifying1713
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 126 If any man..haue assayed to voyde..wiþ euaporynge farmacyes..wiþoute mollifieng medecynes, he is seyne..to take bettryng..in fewe dayes.
1565 P. Moore Hope of Health ii. i. f. 21 And lette theim eate moiste meates before drie meates, and mollifiying meates before bindyng and restrictiue meates.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke iii. xxxvii. 127 It profiteth greatly to descend into a bath made of mollifying herbs.
1611 Bible (King James) Wisd. xvi. 12 It was neither herbe, nor mollifying plaister that restored them to health. View more context for this quotation
1622 T. Scott Belgicke Pismire 31 The Nobilitie liue idlely, acquainting themselues with all effeminate fashions, and mollifying pleasures.
1713 M. Henry Disc. Meekness (1822) 163 Could any thought be more mollifying than that?
a1797 H. Walpole Mem. George II (1847) II. ii. 41 The face of Lord Kildare, one of the mollifying demagogues, was blackened on sign-posts.
1868 De Bow's Rev. Sept. 827 We put more oil and less vinegar [in a salad], and we do not forget essence of anchovy, mushroom ketchup, hard boiled eggs, or a little mollifying cream.
1888 Dict. National Biogr. XVI. 360/2 The mollifying effect produced by the personal visit of Wilberforce.
1906 Outlook 24 Mar. 403/2 We should not embrace the mollifying delusion of security in private or in national life.
1923 ‘R. Crompton’ William Again iv. 80 ‘Wot we goin' ter do, anywyes,’ he said in a mollifying tone of friendship.
1988 R. Jenkins Baldwin (BNC) 65 He devoted a lot of time to the personal relationships of politics and to conducting them in a mollifying, unhurried way.
2. Mathematics. Of a function or operator: that is a mollifier (mollifier n. 2).
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1967 SIAM Jrnl. Appl. Math. 15 1149 The boundary integrals vanish because of the use of the mollifying function σ.
1983 Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 276 711 We shall need to regularize various functions by applying a mollifying operator jε*.
1991 SIAM Jrnl. Numerical Anal. 28 1578 The following class..of mollifying or averaging functions consist [sic] of those functions ζ satisfying (i) Nζ(x)dx = 1; [etc.].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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