intenerate
Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- adjective Made tender or soft; softened.
- verb To make tender or sensitive; to soften.
Examples
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Thus she contrives to intenerate the granite and felspar, takes the boar out and puts the lamb in and keeps her balance true.
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I know not whether I do not too much indulge the vain longings of affection; but I hope they intenerate my heart, and that when I die like my Tetty, this affection will be acknowledged in a happy interview, and that in the mean time I am incited by it to piety.
Note
The word 'intenerate' comes from a Latin word meaning 'tender'.
