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▸ verb: (transitive) To make (more) pleasant or to the mind or feelings.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make mild or kind; to soften.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make less painful or laborious; to relieve.
▸ verb: (transitive) To soften to the eye; to make delicate.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make pure and healthful by destroying noxious matter.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make warm and fertile.
▸ verb: (agriculture, transitive) To raise the pH of (a soil) by adding alkali.
▸ verb: (transitive) To restore to purity; to free from taint.
▸ verb: (transitive) To make more attractive; said of offers in negotiations.
▸ verb: (intransitive) To become sweet.
▸ verb: (music, transitive) To supplement (a composition) with additional instruments, especially strings.
▸ noun: A surname.
Similar:
edulcorate,
dulcorate,
dulcify,
sweeten up,
outsweeten,
honey,
sugar,
sweeten the pot,
besweeten,
back-sweeten,
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