"Soften" is a word in ENGLISH
To render less hard; -- said of matter.
To palliate; to represent as less enormous; as, to
soften a fault.
To become soft or softened, or less rude, harsh, severe,
or obdurate.
To make tender; to make effeminate; to enervate; as,
troops softened by luxury.
To make less glaring; to tone down; as, to soften the
coloring of a picture.
To make less harsh, less rude, less offensive, or less
violent, or to render of an opposite quality.
To make less harsh or grating, or of a quality the
opposite; as, to soften the voice.
To make soft or more soft.
To compose; to mitigate; to assuage.
To mollify; to make less fierce or intractable.
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