[ˈmɒlɪfʌɪ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- appease the anger or anxiety of (someone)
(e.g: nature reserves were set up around the power stations to mollify local conservationists)


Phrases:

Origin:
late Middle English (also in the sense ‘make soft or supple’): from French mollifier or Latin mollificare, from mollis ‘soft’