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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Mellow  \Mel"low\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Mellowed};  p.  pr  &  vb 
  n.  {Mellowing}.] 
  To  make  mellow.  --Shak. 
 
  If  the  Weather  prove  frosty  to  mellow  it  [the  ground], 
  they  do  not  plow  it  again  till  April.  --Mortimer. 
 
  The  fervor  of  early  feeling  is  tempered  and  mellowed  by 
  the  ripeness  of  age.  --J.  C. 
  Shairp 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  mellowing 
  adj  :  having  or  suggesting  softness  and  richness  in  quality;  "a 
  mellow  sound";  "the  mellow  air  brought  in  the  feel  of 
  imminent  autumn"-  Thomas  Hardy;  "a  mellowing  sun"  [syn: 
  {mellow}] 
  n  :  acquiring  desirable  qualities  by  being  left  undisturbed  for 
  some  time  [syn:  {ripening},  {aging},  {ageing}] 




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