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mollifymol‧li‧fy /ˈmɒlɪfaɪ $ ˈmɑː-/ verb (past tense and past participle mollified, present participle mollifying) [transitive] formal mollifyOrigin: 1400-1500 French mollifier, from Late Latin mollificare, from Latin mollis ‘soft’ VERB TABLEmollify |
Present | I, you, we, they | mollify | | he, she, it | mollifies | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | mollified | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have mollified | | he, she, it | has mollified | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had mollified | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will mollify | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have mollified |
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Present | I | am mollifying | | he, she, it | is mollifying | | you, we, they | are mollifying | Past | I, he, she, it | was mollifying | | you, we, they | were mollifying | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been mollifying | | he, she, it | has been mollifying | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been mollifying | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be mollifying | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been mollifying |
- Mel appeared somewhat mollified by her words.
- I managed to calm him down by handing him my camera, just as one would do to mollify an angry child.
- I refuse to be mollified with coffee.
- It would relieve the pressure from the peace groups in the United States and mollify many of the doves.
- Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists.
- None of these points will mollify the biggest Tory sceptics.
- This mollified investors but deeply upset employees.
- Those irate fans, however, may be mollified if the committee continues to deal consistently with all such offenders.
to make someone feel less angry and upset about something SYN placate: He attempted to mollify her. Nature reserves were set up around new power stations to mollify local conservationists. |