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Edulcorate

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To sweeten. rare
  2. 2
    make sweeter in taste wordnet
  3. 3
    To make more acceptable or palatable. rare

    "I guess I am simply accustomed to dealing with more edulcorated versions of xenophobia."

  4. 4
    To free from acidity. rare

    "The more Judicious of the Chymiſts themſelves do ſeveral of them novv acknovvledge, that the bare reducing of Pearls to fine Povvder, affords a Medicine much richer in the Vertues of the Pearls, then the Magiſtery, prepar'd by diſſolving them in acid Spirits, and precipitating them vvith Oyl of Tartar, and aftervvards ſcrupulously edulcorating them."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin ēdulcōrō. Compare French édulcorer.

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