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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
mollify .
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Examples
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The title mollified him somewhat, but he still felt that he must uphold the dignity of his office.
The Mutineers Charles Boardman Hawes
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Mrs. Fenton was still ungracious, but the sight of the little pile of gold and the chink of the coins mollified her humour.
Madame Flirt A Romance of 'The Beggar's Opera' Charles Edward Pearce
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(without trusting to the tedious and expensive assistance of the engraver); and the best friend to the people likewise, who have means of purchasing these cheap and beautiful productions, and thus having their ideas "mollified" and their manners "feros" no more.
The Paris Sketch Book William Makepeace Thackeray 1837
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"mollified" or broken up into small pieces by being burnt between layers of charcoal.
Highways and Byways in Surrey Eric Parker 1912
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Eventually the old man allowed himself to be mollified.
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Eventually the old man allowed himself to be mollified.
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The cast and alleged intellectual ambition of Appropriate Adult have not mollified Anne Marie Davis, a daughter of Fred West, whose mother Rena Costello, was one of his victims.
We shouldn't make entertainment out of others' tragedy | Catherine Bennett 2011
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However, they are being mollified by plans which would give them more overall control of their budgets and internal appointments.
Liam Fox backs plan to cut swath through armed forces' top ranks 2011
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Like the kid lifting one thing up off the floor of their room, hoping that the parents will be mollified and go do something else, McConnell is just testing the limits and pretending.
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He assumed they didn't like his coffee and was mollified only when the other customers convinced him that the offenders were probably out-of-towners.
A Conversation with Rabih Alameddine, author of The Hakawati 2010
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