0 present participle of mellow
1 to become softer and more developed in a pleasing way:
The brickwork will mellow over the years so that it blends with the surroundings.
It may be that that was a mellowing process.
The mellowing effect was obvious in their serenity and contentment.
Within the last few years there has been a mellowing in the approach to this subject.
I think that he is mellowing in his new role of elder statesperson.
I thought that perhaps he was mellowing and would be in future prepared to agree more with my views.
The mellowing process which seemed to have come over him in those days has come over him again in his tem- porary seclusion.
I am sure that his views are no less sincere and the more welcome for that apparent mellowing.
All this means that in their mellowing years these people are leading a tolerable and enjoyable life.
