I . v. a.
1.
Intenerate, melt, touch, make tender, make soft.
2.
Assuage, appease, mitigate, balm, moderate, alleviate, soothe, mollify, quiet, calm, still, quell, allay, relieve, ease, abate, temper, qualify, attemper, dull, lessen, blunt, make easy.
3.
Palliate, lessen, qualify, modify, varnish, extenuate.
4.
Enervate, weaken, make effeminate.
5.
Refine, beautify.
6.
Mollify, intenerate.
7.
Qualify, modify.
II . v. n.
1.
Grow soft, become soft.
2.
Relent.
3.
Grow gentle.
4.
Melt, blend.