† asoftasoftenv.
Obsolete.
To make soft, soften, mitigate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)] > mitigate or alleviate
lithec897
lighteOE
lissea1000
stillc1000
alightOE
alithe?a1200
softc1225
swagec1330
abate?c1335
easea1374
accoya1375
allegea1375
stintc1374
slakea1387
assuage1393
planea1400
slecka1400
plasterc1400
soften?c1415
lighten?a1425
mitigate?a1425
relievec1425
asoftc1430
alleviate?a1475
allevya1500
sletcha1500
alleve1544
allevate1570
salve?1577
sweetena1586
smooth1589
disembitter1622
deleniate1623
slaken1629
tranquillitate1657
soothe1711
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > capacity for emotion > sensitiveness or tenderness > make (more) sensitive or tender [verb (transitive)] > specifically of the heart
moistc1390
tender1390
woke1393
asoftc1430
supply1534
dulce1558
entender1591
douce1593
unstone1594
moisten?a1661
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (1840) 64 His olde gyltis bothe to a soft and swage.
c1430 J. Lydgate Chron. Troy iii. xxvii Whose herte might asoften nor aswage Nother prayer nor lamantacion.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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