Mellowing

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

mellowing
    n 1: the process of becoming mellow

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Mellow \Mel"low\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Mellowed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Mellowing}.]
   To make mellow. --Shak.
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         If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],
         they do not plow it again till April.    --Mortimer.
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         The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
         the ripeness of age.                     --J. C.
                                                  Shairp.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mellowing \mellowing\ adj.
   pr. p. of {mellow}.
   [WordNet 1.5]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

mellowing \mellowing\ n.
   The act or process of acquiring desirable qualities by being
   left undisturbed for some time.

   Syn: ripening, aging, ageing.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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