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单词 milden
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mildenv.

Brit. /ˈmʌɪld(ə)n/, U.S. /ˈmaɪld(ə)n/
Forms: see mild adj. and -en suffix5.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mild adj., -en suffix5.
Etymology: < mild adj. + -en suffix5. Compare earlier mild v.
Now rare.
1. transitive. To make mild or milder.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > make less violent or severe [verb (transitive)]
temperc1000
keelc1175
slakea1300
abate?c1335
settle1338
swagea1340
modifyc1385
rebatea1398
bate1398
moder1414
releasea1425
remiss?a1425
moderate1435
alethe?1440
delaya1450
appal1470
addulce1477
mollify1496
mean?a1513
relent1535
qualify1536
temperatea1540
aplake1578
slack1589
relaxate1598
milden1603
mitigate1611
relax1612
alleniate1615
allay1628
alloy1634
castigate1653
smoothen1655
tendera1656
mitify1656
meeken1662
remitigate1671
obviscate1684
slacken1685
chastise1704
dulcify1744
absorb1791
demulceate1817
chasten1856
modulate1974
mediate1987
1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. iii. xii. 620 The very names whereby they call diseases, doe somewhat mylden and diminish the sharpnes of them.
1748 A. Philips Pastorals iv. 31 Oh! if or musick's voice, or beauty's charm, Could milden death, and stay his lifted arm.
1820 L. Hunt Indicator No. 63 (1822) II. 83 What follows..is mildened a little by the introduction of the name of Erasmus, More's intimate friend.
1843 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Sept. 237 The elder..Bore a clear, honest face, where scholarship Had mildened somewhat of its rougher strength.
1900 A. B. Davidson in Expositor Jan. 9 Polygamy and slavery were treated in two ways: their use was mildened and circumscribed.
2. intransitive. To become mild or milder. Obsolete.
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1853 [implied in: E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. 341 The excessive thickness of the tables, the wave and tidal actions, the mildening temperature, and the probable continuance of winds, all point to this. (at mildening adj.)].
1882 in Imperial Dict. Suppl. Milden, To become mild; to grow less severe, stringent, or intense; to soften; as, the weather gradually mildens.

Derivatives

ˈmildened adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [adjective] > become or made less violent or severe
temperate1398
alleviate1531
mitigated1546
mollified1581
swageda1603
well-tempered1602
castigate1642
tempered1654
slackened1725
castigated1728
temperated1737
subsided1753
moderated1773
chastised1790
softened1794
mildeneda1802
modulateda1806
relaxed1825
chastened1844
a1802 T. Dermody Harp of Erin (1807) I. 175 To thy best pow'r I bow, to thee impart The sway, the conquest of my milden'd heart.
1864 J. R. Lowell Fireside Trav. 315 Suffused with a tremulous, glooming glow, a mildened glory.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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