mollify
mollify.01 - cause to be happy
MOLLIFY-V NOTES: I've always thought 'mollify' should also mean "make someone beMolly", but that never seems to occur. (from mollify.01-v)Aliases:
mollify (v.)
Roles:
ARG0-PAG: Stimulus
ARG1-PPT: patient, made happy
ARG2-MNR: instrument or manner
ARG1-PPT: patient, made happy
ARG2-MNR: instrument or manner
just transitive
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mollifyrel
shareholders concerned about the long - term value of the company under the BellSouth - LIN agreementARG1
, BellSouthARG0
also agreed to pay as much as $ 10 a share , or $ 540 million , if , after five years , the trading value of the new cellular company is n't as high as the value that shareholders would have realized from the McCaw offer .