dulcify
Definitions
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- verb To sweeten
- verb To remove salty or acidic flavors with a sweetener
- verb To mollify or make peaceful
Examples
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And there was, to dulcify for her the bath of this evening, the yet sharper contrast with the plight she had just come home in, sopped, shivering, clung to by her clothes.
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His face was uncommonly dirty; his eyes uncommonly inquisitive; his whiskers uncommonly plentiful; and his voice most uncommonly and determinately gruff, in spite of his efforts to dulcify it for the occasion.
The Stolen Mask; or The Mysterious Cash-box. A Story for a Christmas Fireside
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The delectable little Dutch songs with which she used to dulcify the house grew less and less frequent, and she would forget her sewing and look wistfully in her father's face as he sat pondering by the fireside.
Note
The word 'dulcify' comes from a Latin word meaning 'sweet'.
