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===verb transitive===

[[prose|P.]] [[μαλάσσειν]].

[[knead]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ὀργάζειν]].

[[appease]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[πραΰνειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[παραμυθεῖσθαι]], [[verse|V.]] [[θέλγειν]] (also [[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[παρηγορεῖν]], [[μαλθάσσειν]], [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[μαλάσσειν]]; see [[soothe]].

[[charm]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[κηλεῖν]].

[[be softened]]: use also [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[τέγγεσθαι]] ([[Plato]] but rare [[prose|P.]]), [[verse|V.]] [[μαλθακίζεσθαι]], [[πεπανθῆναι]] (1st aor. pass. of [[πεπαίνειν]]).

[[mitigate]]: [[prose|P.]] and [[verse|V.]] [[ἐπικουφίζειν]], [[ἀπαντλεῖν]] ([[Plato]]), [[verse|V.]] [[ἐξευμαρίζειν]]; see [[mitigate]].

[[soften down]], [[gloss over]]: [[Aristophanes|Ar.]] and [[prose|P.]] [[ὑποκορίζεσθαι]]; see [[gloss over]].
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