0 past simple and past participle of soften
2 to become more gentle or less strict, or to make someone do this:
He claimed that the conferees had softened the bill in all of these areas.
The mashed front fender and broken rear spring had softened everybody's concern for the automobile ' ' (153).
The micropylar endosperm of a seed was considered softened when it required a force of less than 1200 g to cause radicle protrusion.
Then your chest and diaphragm are suddenly opened and your mood is many times better; before long your muscles are softened and your eyelids close.
The proportion of seeds with a softened micropylar endosperm was evaluated by forcing radicle protrusion.
He had softened his attitude toward parties, and was supported by centre and centre-right parties.
The notion that children might help their parents in the mills softened, in public discourse, the brutality and exploitation that child labour entailed.
The micropylar endosperm was considered softened when radicle protrusion was induced by applying a force of 1200 g or less.
