mellowed

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mellowed - 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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  mellowed \mellowed\ adj.
     1. having a mild and pleasing flavor through proper aging.
  
     Syn: mellow.
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     2. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age
        and experience; -- of people.
  
     Syn: gentle, mellow.
          [WordNet 1.5]

mellowed - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  mellowed
      adj 1: having a full and pleasing flavor through proper aging;
             "a mellow port"; "mellowed fruit" [syn: mellow,
             mellowed]
      2: having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age and
         experience; "mellow wisdom"; "the peace of mellow age" [syn:
         mellow, mellowed]