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Definition of Dulcify
1. Verb. Make sweeter in taste.
Specialized synonyms: Honey, Saccharify, Sugar, Candy, Glaze, Sugarcoat, Mull
Generic synonyms: Change Taste
Antonyms: Sour
Derivative terms: Sweetener, Sweetening, Sweetening
Definition of Dulcify
1. v. t. To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.
Definition of Dulcify
1. Verb. (transitive) To sweeten ¹
2. Verb. (transitive) To remove salty or acidic flavors with a sweetener ¹
3. Verb. (transitive) To mollify or make peaceful ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Dulcify
1. to sweeten [v -FIED, -FYING, -FIES] - See also: sweeten
Medical Definition of Dulcify
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Dulcify
Literary usage of Dulcify
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of William Wilberforce by Robert Isaac Wilberforce, Samuel Wilberforce (1838)
"... Dutch settlements, which have already neutralized so many of the West Indian
body, may (to use poor Burke's phrase) dulcify them by another session. ..."
2. Mackenzie's Five Thousand Receipts: In All the Useful and Domestic Arts by Colin MacKenzie (1854)
"Digest all these together two days in a close vessel; after which, draw off*a
gallon with a gentle fire, and dulcify with fine sugar. Gold cordial. ..."
3. A New French and English Dictionary in Two Parts by William Cobbett (1833)
"... t'a. to dulcify, to sweeten, to free from acidity, saltness or acrimony : to dul-
... dulcify ..."
4. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and by Colin MacFarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"Draw off ю gallons by a gentle tire, and dulcify with fine fugar. ... dulcify your
goods with fine fugar. ..."
5. The philology of the English tongue by John Earle (1880)
"Examples:— beatify, beautify, codify, deify, dignify, dulcify, edify, electrify,
horrify, modify, mollify, mortify, nullify, qualify, ratify, satisfy, ..."
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