Pronunciation: 'mä-l&-"fI
Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -fied; -fy·ing
Etymology: Middle English mollifien,
from Middle French mollifier,
from Late Latin mollificare,
from Latin mollis soft;
akin to Greek amaldynein to soften,
Sanskrit mrdu soft, and probably to Greek malakos soft,
amblys dull, Old English meltan to melt transitive verb
1 : to soothe in temper or disposition : APPEASE
mollified the staff with a raise
2 : to reduce the rigidity of : SOFTEN
3 : to reduce in intensity : ASSUAGE, TEMPER
intransitive verb, archaic : SOFTEN, RELENT
synonym see PACIFY
You DID see that John's column was satire, didn't you?