the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours [verb (transitive)] > soften (2)
transitive with material object: To relax, make soft or supple (some part of the body); to render (cider) mellow. Also, to mitigate (a physical…
transitive. To render mild or soft; to soften, soothe.