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emollire [CL] 1 to soften; b (med.). emolli saxea Walt. Wimb. Carm. 74. b curabant medici hunc [tumorem] adpositis pigmentorum fomentis ~ire Bede HE IV 30 p. 279. 2 (fig.): a (w. ref. to heart or mind) to soften, mellow. b to weaken. c to relax. a obstinata mens nullis terroribus ~ita Alcuin Dogm. (Adv. Felicem) 199D; ut ‥ predicatione ‥ populi duritiam ~iant R. Niger Mil. II 46; Gerv. Tilb. pref. (v. dilucidus c); animum ‥ sic ~uit et mitigavit Gir. Spec. II 1; Id. RG II 18 (v. duritia 3). b ejus ~ire constantiam Bede HE I 7. c illud quod in regula sequitur ‥ rigori deputatur, qui prelati dispensatione possit ~iri Rob. Bridl. Dial. 164. 3 to refine (a sound). eorlas ‥ nomine ~ito earles Camd. Br. 135 (v. 1 comes 4a).

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