What is the meaning of SOFTE. Phrases containing SOFTE
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a. & n. from Soften, v.
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superl.
Susceptible of the softer passions, as love, compassion, kindness; compassionate; pitiful; anxious for another's good; easily excited to pity, forgiveness, or favor; sympathetic.
n.
One who, or that which, softens.
v. i.
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
v. t.
To mingle in due proportion; to prepare by combining; to modify, as by adding some new element; to qualify, as by an ingredient; hence, to soften; to mollify; to assuage; to soothe; to calm.
v. t.
To dress and prepare, as the skins of sheep, lambs, goats, and kids, for gloves, and the like, by imbuing them with alum, salt, and other agents, for softening and bleaching them.
v. t.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
v. i.
To melt, dissolve, or become fluid; to soften; -- said of that which is frozen; as, the ice thaws.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Soften
imp. & p. p.
of Soften
a.
Having a hard albumen penetrated by irregular channels filled with softer matter, as the nutmeg and the seeds of the North American papaw.
v. t.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
v. t.
To render temperate; to moderate; to soften; to temper.
n.
A small mass or aggregation of morbid matter; especially, the deposit which accompanies scrofula or phthisis. This is composed of a hard, grayish, or yellowish, translucent or opaque matter, which gradually softens, and excites suppuration in its vicinity. It is most frequently found in the lungs, causing consumption.
v. t.
To cause (frozen things, as earth, snow, ice) to melt, soften, or dissolve.
superl.
Adapted to excite feeling or sympathy; expressive of the softer passions; pathetic; as, tender expressions; tender expostulations; a tender strain.
v. t.
To disarm; to soften.
v. t.
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
v. t.
To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.
v. t.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
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