edulcorate

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 acidity.
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            Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
                                                  --Evelyn.
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   2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble
      substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

37 Moby Thesaurus words for "edulcorate":
      bolt, candy, clarify, clear, decrassify, depurate, distill,
      dulcify, elute, essentialize, extract, filter, filtrate, glaze,
      honey, leach, lixiviate, mull, percolate, purify, rectify, refine,
      saccharify, screen, separate, sieve, sift, spiritualize, strain,
      sublimate, sublime, sugar, sugar off, sugarcoat, sweeten, try,
      winnow