SOFTEN
\sˈɒfən], \sˈɒfən], \s_ˈɒ_f_ə_n]\
Definitions of SOFTEN
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
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make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry"
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make (images or sounds) soft or softer
By Princeton University
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lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"
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become soft or softer; "The bread will soften if you pour some liquid on it"
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make soft or softer; "This liquid will soften your laundry"
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make soft or softer; of images and sounds
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To make soft or more soft.
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To render less hard; -- said of matter.
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To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
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To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
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To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
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To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
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To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
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To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
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To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
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To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
By Oddity Software
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By James Champlin Fernald
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Softly.
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To make soft or softer; to mollify; to make less harsh, severe, or offensive; to palliate; to alleviate; to make calm and placid; to tone down; to enervate.
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To become soft or softer; to become less rude; to relent; to become more mild or less harsh.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
