Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- To soothe, mollify, or pacify.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb rare To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften.
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- verb transitive To
soothe ; tomollify ; topacify ; tosoften .
Etymologies
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Latin demulceo ("I soothe"); de + mulceo ("I stroke").
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kiltwraith commented on the word demulce
To soothe; to mollify; to pacify; to soften
March 18, 2009