Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь - mollify
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1. смягчать; успокаивать to mollify smb. (with smth.) —- смягчить или успокоить кого-л. (чем-л.) to mollify smb.'s anger —- смягчить чей-л. гнев it had some effect in mollifying their alarm —- этим удалось немного успокоить их (развеять их страхи) he refused to be mollified —- его невозможно было смягчить (успокоить) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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v.tr. (-ies, -ied) 1 appease, pacify. 2 reduce the severity of; soften. Derivatives mollification n. mollifier n. Etymology: ME f. F mollifier or L mollificare f. mollis soft ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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verb (-fied; -fying) Etymology: Middle English mollifien, from Middle French mollifier, from Late Latin mollificare, from Latin mollis soft; akin to Greek amaldynein to soften, Sanskrit m?du soft, and probably to Greek malakos soft, amblys dull, Old English meltan to melt Date: 15th century transitive verb 1. to soothe in temper or disposition ; appease mollified the staff with a raise 2. to reduce the rigidity of ; soften 3. to reduce in intensity ; assuage, temper intransitive verb archaic soften, relent Synonyms: see pacify • mollification noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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(mollifies, mollifying, mollified) If you mollify someone, you do or say something to make them less upset or angry. (FORMAL) The investigation was undertaken primarily to mollify pressure groups. = placate VERB: V n ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ v to make someone feel less angry and upset about something (The old man seemed mollified by the flattery.) - mollification n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1392, from O.Fr. mollifier, from L.L. mollificare "make soft, mollify" from mollificus "softening," from L. mollis "soft" + root of facere "make." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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