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of mollifico to mollify (q.v.); Sp. molificacion; Ital. moll if i caz i one.] 1. The act of mollifying or softening. "For induration or mollification , it is to be inquired what will make metals harder and harder."-Bacon: Phys. iological Remains . 2. Pacification, mitigation, appeasing. "I am to hull here a little longer. Some mollification for your giant, sweet lady." --Shakesp.: Twelfth Night, i. 5. mol-li-fi-er, s. [Eng. mollify; -er.] 1. One who or that which mollifies. "The root hath a tender, dainty heat; which, when it cometh above ground to the sun and air, van is heth; for it is a great mollifier ."- Bacon : Nat. Hist ., § 863. 2. One who pacifies, mitigates, or appeases. mol-li-fy, *mol-e-fy, *mol-i-fy, v . t . & i. [Fr. mollifier , from Lat. mollifico , from moll is =soft, and facio to make; Sp. molificar ; Ital. moll if i care .] A. Transitive : *1. To soften; to make soft or tender. 2. To soften, ease, or a uage, as pain. "They have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollifted with ointment." Isaiah i. 6. 3. To pacify, to appease, to soothe, to quiet. "Chiron mollified his cruel mind With art." Dryden: Ovid; Art of Love, L. 4. To qualify, to temper; to le en anything harsh or burdensome; to tone down; to moderate. *5. To make pleasant. "The vocal flute Crowns his delight, and mollifies the scene." Shenstone: The Ruined Abbey . *B. In trans.: To become soft. mol-11-nět, s. [Fr. moulinet .) A mill of small size. The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia mollitious