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Soften vs Indigested - What's the difference?

soften | indigested |

As a verb soften

is to make something soft or softer.

As an adjective indigested is

not digested; undigested.

soften

English

Verb

(en verb)
  • To make something soft or softer.
    • Soften the butter before beating in the sugar.
  • To undermine the morale of someone (often soften up ).
    • Before the invasion, we softened up the enemy with the artillery.
  • To make less harsh
    • Having second thoughts, I softened my criticism.
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  • To become soft or softer
    • The butter softened as it warmed up.

    See also

    * mollify * neshen English ergative verbs English intransitive verbs English transitive verbs

    indigested

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Not digested; undigested
  • * Dryden
    • Indigested food.
  • Not resolved; not regularly disposed and arranged; not methodical; crude.
    • an indigested array of facts
  • * Burke
    • In hot reformations the whole is generally crude, harsh, and indigested .
  • * South
    • This, like an indigested meteor, appeared and disappeared almost at the same time.
  • (medicine, obsolete) Not in a state suitable for healing; said of wounds.
  • (medicine, obsolete) Not ripened or suppurated; said of an abscess or its contents.
  • Not softened by heat, hot water, or steam.
    • (Webster 1913)