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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : saw-fuhn, sof-uhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɔ fən, ˈsɒf ən |
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Définition of softened
Origin :- late 14c., "to mitigate, diminish" (transitive), from soft (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "to make physically soft" is from 1520s; intransitive sense of "to become softer" is attested from 1610s. Soften up in military sense of "weaken defenses" is from 1940. Related: Softened; softening.
- verb calm, soothe
- "Not now," said Mr Clayton, softened by my returning warmth.
- Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. 327 » by Various
- Then, abruptly, the blue eyes were softened in their fires, as by the sudden nearness of tears.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Along the eastern front of these nations it was softened to "Zowie!"
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- But that night, all at once, she felt her heart was softened by some inexplicable happiness.
- Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola
- He was almost completely enveloped in a robe of softened skins.
- Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White
- But you must hear the truth; you have heard it from others, but perhaps they softened it.
- Extract from : « The Village Watch-Tower » by (AKA Kate Douglas Riggs) Kate Douglas Wiggin
- He gave me a hundred other very good, wise reasons which softened me.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- In those few months my mind had matured and the brusqueness of my will was softened.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Through the sheen a softened outline of the town wavered fantastically.
- Extract from : « Southern Lights and Shadows » by Various
- Turl watched her face, with a softened, wistful, perplexed look on his own.
- Extract from : « The Mystery of Murray Davenport » by Robert Neilson Stephens
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