edulcorate

edulcorate
To sweeten or render less acrid. [L. e- intensive, + dulcoro, to sweeten, fr. dulcor, sweetness, fr. dulcis, sweet]

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edul·co·rate (e-dulґko-rāt) to sweeten.

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  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • edulcorate — index purge (purify) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • edulcorate — edulcoration, n. edulcorative, adj. /i dul keuh rayt /, v.t., edulcorated, edulcorating. Chem. to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing; purify. [1800 10; < NL edulcoratus, equiv. to e E + LL dulcoratus sweetened (ptp. of dulcorare),… …   Universalium

  • edulcorate — verb a) To sweeten (in all senses). b) To free from acidity …   Wiktionary

  • edulcorate — Synonyms and related words: bolt, candy, clarify, clear, decrassify, depurate, distill, dulcify, elute, essentialize, extract, filter, filtrate, glaze, honey, leach, lixiviate, mull, percolate, purify, rectify, refine, saccharify, screen,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • edulcorate — v. sweeten; rid of soluble particles by washing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • edulcorate — v. a. (Chem.) Wash, purify, cleanse …   New dictionary of synonyms

  • edulcorate — edul·co·rate …   English syllables

  • edulcorate —   v.t. archaic, sweeten; purify, especially of acids;, a. sweetened.    ♦ edulcoration,    ♦ edulcorator, n.    ♦ edulcorative, a …   Dictionary of difficult words

  • edulcorate — verb make sweeter in taste • Syn: ↑sweeten, ↑dulcify, ↑dulcorate • Ant: ↑sour (for: ↑sweeten) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

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