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▪ I. mollifying, vbl. n.|ˈmɒlɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. prec. + -ing1.]
The action of the verb mollify.
c1532G. Du Wes Introd. Fr. in Palsgr. 1040 Molifiyng of angre. a1540Barnes Wks. (1573) 274/1 Duns saith, that there is a mollifieng, that precedeth grace, which hee calleth attrition. 1643Steer tr. Exp. Chyrurg. xiv. 55 They [sc. scars] require greater mollifying.
▪ II. mollifying, ppl. a.|ˈmɒlɪfaɪɪŋ|
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
That mollifies (in senses of the vb.).
1590P. Barrough Meth. Physick iii. xxxvii. (1596) 163 It profiteth greatly to discend into a bath made of mollifying herbs. 1611Bible Wisd. xvi. 12 It was neither herbe, nor mollifying plaister that restored them to health. 1622T. Scott Belg. Pismire 31 The Nobilitie liue idlely, acquainting themselues with all effeminate fashions, and mollifying pleasures. 1713M. Henry Meekness & Quietness of Spirit (1822) 163 Could any thought be more mollifying than that? a1797H. Walpole Mem. Geo. II (1847) II. ii. 41 The face of Lord Kildare, one of the mollifying demagogues, was blackened on sign-posts. 1906Outlook 24 Mar. 403/2 We should not embrace the mollifying delusion of security in private or in national life. |