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