v. Obs.; also 5 amolish, -ysh. [a. amoliss- pr. stem of OFr. amolir (mod. amollir) to soften, f. à to + molir:—L. mollīre to soften.] To soften, mollify, appease.
1474. Caxton, Chesse, 10. Deboneyrte amolissheth and makyth softe the hertes of his enemyes. Ibid. (1480), Ovid’s Metam., x. viii. The mayde, whom love overcam … and lyttil and lytyl amollyshyd. Ibid. (1483), G. de la Tour, A viij b. Cortosye … amolysshyth thyre and wrathe of euery creature.
