Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The act of sweetening; the act of freeing from acidity, saltness, or acrimony.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The act of dulcifying or sweetening.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The act of
dulcifying orsweetening .
Etymologies
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Compare French dulcification.
Examples
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The chemistry of the savage is reduced to the preparation of pigments, that of poisons, and the dulcification of the amylaceous roots, which the aroides and the euphorbiaceous plants afford.
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The chemistry of the savage is reduced to the preparation of pigments, that of poisons, and the dulcification of the amylaceous roots, which the aroides and the euphorbiaceous plants afford.
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And it is evident in Colcothar that the exactest calcination, follow'd by an exquisite dulcification, does not alwaies reduce the remaining body into elementary earth; for after the salt or Vitriol (if the Calcination have been too faint) is drawn out of the Colcothar, the residue is not earth, but a mixt body, rich in
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