rĕ-mollio

I. perf., ītum, 4, v. a., to make soft again, to make soft, soften (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

I. Lit.: terram, Col. 2, 11, 9: grana umore remollita, App. Herb. 3, 9: quare ... Salmacis enervet tactosque remolliat artus, Ov. M. 4, 286.—

II. Trop.: eo se inhibitum ac remolitum, quo minus, ut destinarat, etc., Suet. Aug. 79.