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单词 mollification
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mollificationn.

Brit. /ˌmɒlᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌmɑləfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
Forms: Middle English mollificacioun, 1500s mollyfycacyon, 1500s– mollification, 1700s molification; also Scottish pre-1700 molification.
Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French mollificacion; Latin mollification-, mollificatio.
Etymology: < Middle French mollificacion, mollification (14th cent.; French mollification ) and its etymon post-classical Latin mollification-, mollificatio softening, mollification (c1200; a1350 in British medical sources, c1432 in a British source in figurative use), an ailment resembling paralysis (1363 in Chauliac) < mollificat- , past participial stem of mollificare mollify v. + -io -ion suffix1. Compare Old Occitan mollificacio (14th cent.), Italian mollificazione (a1320), Spanish molificación (1493). Compare slightly later mollifying n.
1. The action of mollify v.; appeasement, pacification; reduction in severity; an instance of this.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > [noun] > becoming or making soft
mollificationc1395
neshinga1398
remollition?a1425
softening?a1425
mollition1617
emollitiona1619
inteneration1626
malacissation1638
mollifying1643
the world > action or operation > manner of action > lack of violence, severity, or intensity > [noun] > making less violent, vigorous, or severe
softinga1400
slakingc1400
mollifying?a1425
softening?a1425
temperament1475
moderationa1500
temperatinga1540
releasing?1543
amollishment1612
mollificationa1631
quietationa1639
castigationa1676
the mind > attention and judgement > testing > attestation, witness, evidence > qualification > [noun] > instance of > with softening effect
mollificationa1631
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [noun] > appeasing, pacifying, or propitiating
likingeOE
queemingeOE
mitigationa1382
pleasinga1382
propitiationa1425
appeasement1430
pacification1437
appeasingc1522
reconcilement1581
placation1589
reflection1607
modificationa1641
commodation1643
pacation1658
conciliation1775
making-up1816
mollification1886
the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > kindness > gentleness or mildness > [noun] > making
mollifying?a1425
mollification1886
c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 854 Yet forgat I to maken rehersaille..of bodies mollificacioun [c1475 Trin. Oxf. the bodies multiplicacioun].
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 177 Bdellium is..effectuous of mollificacioun [L. mollitionis] of skirratez.
?1541 R. Copland Formularye Aydes Apostemes in Guy de Chauliac's Questyonary Cyrurgyens sig. Sjv The dylygent workman..ought to wyt to whiche resolucyon is due, and to which mollyfycacyon.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1954) VII. 317 Damnabitur, (no modification, no mollification, no going lesse) He shal be damned.
1698 J. Norris Pract. Disc. Divine Subj. IV. 388 [A Truth] which may be represented either nakedly as it is, or with some tenderness and mollification.
1716 M. Davies Athenæ Britannicæ II. 184 In return of all his reciprocal Molifications and Meliorations of some uncouth Points.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. at Amalgamation Amalgamation is also applied..to a solution of sulphur with mercury. In this sense Amalgamation amounts to the same with mollification or softening.
1825 Edinb. Rev. Aug. 449 We close the book with some feelings of mollification towards its faults.
1886 G. Allen For Maimie's Sake xvii With some faint show of mollification in his softened tone.
1951 Speculum 26 83 He obtained a mollification of Louis' attitude.
1991 Amer. Bk. Rev. Apr. 5/1 The publicity alone was vital... The mollification of important sponsors in the business community.
2. Medicine.
a. A form of paralysis (perhaps flaccid paralysis); softening or relaxation (of sinews, nerves, or muscles) as a cause of this; an instance of such relaxation. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > convulsive or paralytic disorders > [noun] > palsy or paralysis > types of
mollification?a1425
hemiplexy1576
paraplegia1583
dead palsy?1594
hemiplegia1600
sideration1612
astrobolism1651
paresis1668
hemiplegy1755
general paralysis1820
refixation1825
Pott's disease1827
pamplegia1842
pamplegy1857
crossed palsy1858
transverse palsy1858
neuroparalysis1859
general paresis1862
athetosis1871
monoplegia1876
spastic paralysis1877
Landry's paralysis1882
Little's disease1884
cerebral palsy1889
paraparesis1890
hemiparesis1893
Pott's paraplegia1895
sleep-palsy1896
quadriplegia1897
pressure paralysis1899
Bell's palsy1904
taboparesis1910
tetraplegia1911
tick paralysis1914
quadriparesis1948
Landry–Guillain–Barré syndrome1957
?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 137v Sikenes of þe tonge lettyng þe acte of it ar..peralif or mollificacioun [?c1425 Paris pallesie or softeninge; L. paralisis seu mollificatio] & balbucies, i. stameryng.
?c1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (Paris) (1971) 202 The pallesye forsoþe is mollificacioun of þe synowes wiþ priuacioun of felynge and of movynge ofte tymes.
1597 P. Lowe Whole Course Chirurg. vi. i. sig. S4 Paralisie..is a mollification or relaxation of the nerues, with priuation of the moouing.
1807 R. Morris & J. Kendrick Edinb. Med. & Physical Dict. I. (Gloss. Obs. Terms) Mollificatio, a barbarous term for a palsy of the muscles in any part.]
b. A hernia, or the formation of a hernia, attributed to softening of the peritoneum. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > disorders of internal organs > [noun] > hernia or rupture
herniac1386
crepaturec1400
ramex?a1425
rupture?a1425
burstenness1483
rimburst1505
ruption?1541
mollification1543
bursting1544
burstness1552
film-bursting1578
bubonocele1597
rimburstennessc1600
burstning1607
gut-bursten1607
strangulated hernia1771
hypogastrocele1811
herniation1897
sliding hernia1910
incisional hernia1912
Morgagni hernia1958
1543 B. Traheron tr. J. de Vigo Most Excellent Wks. Chirurg. i. ii. f. 74v/1 The fyrst [kind of rupture] is called relaxation, loosynge, or mollification. This relaxation commeth, when the pannicle called Siphac is mollifyed, wyth certayne relaxation or losyng by some wyndenes.
3. Something that softens a substance or mitigates the harshness of an action or condition. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medicines for specific purpose > medicine to draw, disperse, etc., matter or humours > [noun] > softening medicine
mollificativea1400
mollifying?a1425
mollitive?a1425
remollitive?a1425
mollification1562
emollitive1601
mollient1612
remollient1612
malactic1634
emollient1656
1562 W. Bullein Dial. Sorenes f. 13, in Bulwarke of Defence You muste use mollifications, and softenyng medicenes.
1583 P. Barrough Methode of Phisicke ii. xi. 71 If it [sc. matter] creepe into the belly, you must minister most of all mollifications.
a1620 M. Fotherby Atheomastix (1622) ii. viii. §5. 290 There is a mollification vsed, to reduce the..Deification, within the compasse of this sense.
4. Mathematics. The process of applying a mollifier (mollifier n. 2) to a function in order to generate an approximately equal smooth function.
ΚΠ
1973 Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 39 143 To prove that weak solutions are strong, we shall use tangential mollification.
1983 SIAM Jrnl. Appl. Math. 43 429 We investigate whether mollification can help stabilize the inversion problem. Here the idea is to choose a mollifier ν: D → ℝ such that 〈f, ν〉 is a local average of f.
1994 SIAM Rev. 36 502 The use of a Gaussian kernel in a convolution form and applied locally with a ‘blurring radius’..constitutes the main idea of the mollification method.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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