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First published 1971 (DOST Vol. IV).
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(Mollifying,) Mollyfying, vbl. n. [e.m.E. molifiying (c 1532), mollifying.] Reducing in severity or force, moderating. —?c1675 J. Gordon Hist. III. 32.
[It] was a mollyfying of his majestys declaratione, that it might be the mor readily receaved by his majestys subjectes
