Definition of Mildens

1. Verb. (third-person singular of milden#English milden) ¹

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Definition of Mildens

1. milden [v] - See also: milden

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mildens

milcher
milchig
milchy
mild
mild-mannered
mild ale
mild and bitter
mild foetal bradycardia
mild mercurial ointment
mild silver protein
mild steel
milded
milden
mildened
mildening
mildens (current term)
milder
mildest
mildew
mildewcidal
mildewcide
mildewcides
mildewed
mildewicide
mildewicides
mildewing
mildews
mildewy
milding
mildish

Literary usage of Mildens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Arctic Prairies: A Canoe-journey of 2,000 Miles in Search of the Caribou by Ernest Thompson Seton (1911)
"The climate mildens and the south winds cease not, so that wind-borne grasses soon make green meadows of the broad lake-bottom flats. ..."

2. Festus: A Poem by Philip James Bailey (1903)
"... who man's crude needs mildens with heavenly sanctions, by seer's voice Or prophet's ; justice names his assessor; Gives nations the reward of well-doing ..."

3. Quo Vaditis?: A Call to the Old Moralities by Bouck White (1903)
"But as the outward rule mildens, government by the VOICE within must grow imperious; else lean-fingered anarchy and the letting of blood. ..."

4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"To become mild ; grow less severe, stringent, or intense; soften: as, the weather gradually mildens. Imp. Diet. II. trans. 1. To make merciful.—2. ..."

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