7 letters · 15 points in Scrabble
verb cause to be more favorably inclined; gain the good will of
verb make more temperate, acceptable, or suitable by adding something else; moderate
verb make less rigid or softer
originFrom Middle English mollifien, from Late Latin mollificō, from Latin mollis (“soft”). By surface analysis, Latin moll- + -ify.
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