edulcorate
Americanverb (used with object)
verb
Other Word Forms
- edulcoration noun
- edulcorative adjective
Etymology
Origin of edulcorate
1800–10; < New Latin ēdulcorātus, equivalent to ē- e- 1 + Late Latin dulcorātus sweetened (past participle of dulcorāre ), equivalent to Latin dulcor sweetness ( dulc ( is ) sweet + -or -or 1 ) + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
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She had a fearfully sharp tongue, and a still sharper wit in directing it upon her victims; her experiences were not very likely to edulcorate her acids and mollify her asperities.
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Like them, too, it is but a tardy dryer in oil unless thoroughly edulcorated, and does not work in water with the entire fulness and facility of cochineal pigments.
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"Item, on the 28th, a dose of clarified and edulcorated whey, to soften, lenify, temper, and refresh the blood of Mr. Argan, twenty sous."
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Some colours dry badly from not being sufficiently edulcorated or washed.
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