Words: mollify [MW]

Function: verb
Inflected Form(s): -fied; -fy·ing
Etymology: Middle English mollifien, from Middle French mollifier, from Late Latin mollificare, from Latin mollis soft; akin to Greek amaldynein to soften, Sanskrit mrdu soft, and probably to Greek malakos soft, amblys dull, Old English meltan to melt
transitive verb
1 : to soothe in temper or disposition : APPEASE mollified the staff with a raise
2 : to reduce the rigidity of : SOFTEN
3 : to reduce in intensity : ASSUAGE, TEMPER
intransitive verb, archaic : SOFTEN, RELENT

(This word fits Molley to a T!)