单词 | mollifying |
释义 | mollifyingn. 1. The action of mollify v.; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΚΠ 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. 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). ΚΠ 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) ℝNζ(x)dx = 1; [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425adj.?c1425 |
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