[syn: mellow, mellowed]
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.
[1913 Webster]
If the Weather prove frosty to mellow it [the ground],
they do not plow it again till April. --Mortimer.
[1913 Webster]
The fervor of early feeling is tempered and mellowed by
the ripeness of age. --J. C.
Shairp.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
mellowed \mellowed\ adj.
1. having a mild and pleasing flavor through proper aging.
Syn: mellow.
[WordNet 1.5]
2. having attained to kindliness or gentleness through age
and experience; -- of people.
Syn: gentle, mellow.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]