mildewed
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The political tone is also mildened in the revision, as where he changes "despot courts" into "tyranny."
From Among My Books Second Series by Lowell, James Russell
Meanwhile I made an experiment with my modified and mildened system of treatment, upon the poor notary devil; the day after I tried it on the jurists who came from the college.
From Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces; or, the Wedded Life, Death, and Marriage of Firmian Stanislaus Siebenkaes, Parish Advocate in the Burgh of Kuhschnappel. by Jean Paul
The political tone is also mildened in the revision, as where he changes ‘despotcourts’ into ‘tyranny’.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Jones, Edmund David