Edulcorate

3 definitions found

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

  Edulcorate \E*dul"co*rate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Edulcorated};
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Edulcorating}.] [L. e out + dulcoratus, p.
     p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis
     sweet: cf. F. ['e]dulcorer.]
     1. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
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              Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
                                                    --Evelyn.
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     2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble
        substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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

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

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "edulcorate":
     bolt, candy, clarify, clear, decrassify, depurate, distill,
     dulcify, elute, essentialize, extract, filter, filtrate, glaze,
     honey, leach, lixiviate, mull, percolate, purify, rectify, refine,
     saccharify, screen, separate, sieve, sift, spiritualize, strain,
     sublimate, sublime, sugar, sugar off, sugarcoat, sweeten, try,
     winnow