dulcify

dulcify
    v 1: make sweeter in taste [syn: {sweeten}, {dulcify},
         {edulcorate}, {dulcorate}] [ant: {acetify}, {acidify},
         {acidulate}, {sour}]
    

Dulcify \Dul"ci*fy\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dulcified}; p. pr. &
   vb. n. {Dulcifying}.] [L. dulcis sweet + -fy: cf. F.
   dulcifier.]
   1. (Pharm.) To sweeten; to free from acidity, saltness, or
      acrimony. --Wiseman.
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   2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.
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            As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of
            tobacco.                              --Hawthorne.
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47 Moby Thesaurus words for "dulcify":
      allay, appease, calm, calm down, candy, compose, conciliate, cool,
      cradle, defuse, ease, edulcorate, even out, gentle, glaze, honey,
      hush, lay, lay the dust, lull, mollify, mull, pacify, placate,
      pour balm into, pour balm on, propitiate, quell, quiet, rest, rock,
      rock to sleep, saccharify, smooth, smooth down, smooth over,
      smoothen, soothe, stabilize, steady, still, subdue, sugar,
      sugar off, sugarcoat, sweeten, tranquilize