Dulcify

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dulcify \Dul"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dulcified}; p. pr. &
     vb. n. {Dulcifying}.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F.
     dulcifier.]
     1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or
        acrimony. --Wiseman.
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     2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
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              As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of
              tobacco.                              --Hawthorne.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  dulcify
       v : make sweeter in taste [syn: {sweeten}, {edulcorate}, {dulcorate}]
           [ant: {sour}]
       [also: {dulcified}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "dulcify":
     allay, appease, calm, calm down, candy, compose, conciliate, cool,
     cradle, defuse, ease, edulcorate, even out, gentle, glaze, honey,
     hush, lay, lay the dust, lull, mollify, mull, pacify, placate,
     pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, quell, quiet, rest, rock,
     rock to sleep, saccharify, smooth, smooth down, smooth over,
     smoothen, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, subdue, sugar,
     sugar off, sugarcoat, sweeten, tranquilize