Soften is defined as to make more soft or more gentle.
(verb)An example of soften is rubbing body lotion into dry skin.
See soften in Webster's New World College Dictionary
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Origin: ME softnen: see soft & -en
See soften in American Heritage Dictionary 4
verb soft·ened, soft·en·ing, soft·ens verb, transitive
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