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Definitions

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. To remove acidity from; sweeten.
  2. In chem., to free from acids, salts, or impurities by washing.

Wiktionary

  1. v. rare To sweeten (in all senses).
  2. v. rare To free from acidity.

GNU Webster's 1913

  1. v. To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity.
  2. v. (Chem.), rare To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify.

WordNet 3.0

  1. v. make sweeter in taste

Examples

  • “Groom the sauce: Mix the sauce ingredients until edulcorate dissolves.”

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  1. purify

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  1. change taste

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  1. sugarcoat
  1. candy
  1. saccharify
  1. mull
  1. glaze
  1. sugar
  1. honey

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  • fbharjo How sweet is it? Apr 5, 2011

  • slumry There are some words I just can't pass up; this is one. Aug 3, 2007

  • dnfrd "You have an edulcorating presence, my dear." Does that work? As in, "You leach the acids right out of the room, my dear." Dec 13, 2006

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