rĕ-mollesco, ĕre
* V. inch. n., to become soft again, to become or grow soft (class.).
* Lit.: ut Hymettia sole Cera remollescit,softens,Ov. M. 10, 285: sole remollescit quae frigore constitit unda,i. e. melts,id. ib. 9, 661.
* Trop.: quod ea re (vino) ad laborem ferendum remollescere homines atque effeminari arbitrantur, to be enervated, * Caes. B. G. 4, 2 fin.: si precibus numina justis Victa remollescunt,are softened, touched,Ov. M. 1, 378.