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Definition of Sweeten

1. Verb. Make sweeter in taste.

2. Verb. Make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable. "Sweeten a deal"

Definition of Sweeten

1. v. t. To make sweet to the taste; as, to sweeten tea.

2. v. i. To become sweet.

Definition of Sweeten

1. Verb. (transitive) To make sweet to the taste. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter. ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To make warm and fertile. ¹

8. Verb. (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint. ¹

9. Verb. (transitive) To make more attractive; (non-gloss definition said of offers in negotiations.) ¹

10. Verb. (intransitive) To become sweet. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sweeten

1. to make sweet [v -ED, -ING, -S] - See also: sweet

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sweeten

sweet wormwood sweet young thing sweetbox sweetbread sweetbreads sweetbriar sweetbriars sweetbrier sweetbriers sweetcheeks

sweetcorn sweetcorns sweetcure sweete sweeted sweeten (current term) sweeten the pot sweeten up sweetened sweetener

sweeteners sweetening sweetenings sweetens sweeter sweetest sweetfish sweetfishes sweetgum sweetgums

Literary usage of Sweeten

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Cases on Procedure, Annotated: Common Law Pleading by Edson Read Sunderland (1914)
"sweeten. Supreme Court of New Jersey. 1906. 74 New Jersey Law, 24. ... The declaration charges that the defendants sweeten, etc., under a contract with the ..."

2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"To increase the agreeable qualities of; also, to render less disagreeable or harsh: as, to sweeten the joys or pleasures of life. ..."

3. A Handy Book of Curious Information: Comprising Strange Happenings in the by William Shepard Walsh (1913)
"In .the list of the fairest flowers with which the brothers of Imogene propose to sweeten her sad grave, Shakespeare makes especial mention of the ..."

4. Lives of the Queens of Scotland and English Princesses Connected with the by Agnes Strickland (1859)
"1 Being unable to obtain liberty "to sweeten" his own house, which doubtless much required that sanitary process, Shrewsbury was compelled to remain with ..."

5. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1862)
"... &c., yet there be many things to 2 sweeten it, a pleasant wife, placens uxor, pretty children, dulces nati, ..."

6. The Anatomy of melancholy v. 3 by Robert Burton (1875)
"... &c., yet there be many things to 2 sweeten it, a pleasant wife, placens uxor, pretty children, dulces nati, ..."

7. The Young Housekeeper's Friend by Cornelius (1862)
"Take it from the fire, and sweeten with loaf sugar until it is slightly sweeter ... If the child is constipated, use a little more cream, or sweeten with ..."

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