1. Verb
To make soft or more soft.
2. Verb
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
3. Verb
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
4. Verb
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to soften a fault.
5. Verb
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
6. Verb
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
7. Verb
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the coloring of a picture.
8. Verb
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as, troops softened by luxury.
9. Verb
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the opposite; as, to soften the voice.
10. Verb
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe, or obdurate.
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