mol´i-fı̄ (from רכך, raÌ„khakh, “to be softâ€): “To make soft,†used in modern English only figuratively, as “His anger was mollified.†English Versions of the Bible, however, uses the word literally in its two occurrences: , “wounds, and bruises ... neither bound up, neither mollified with oilâ€; The Wisdom of Solomon 16:12, “mollifying plaister.†Neither occurrence of the word is changed by the Revised Version (British and American).