Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Dulcify"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

2. Fig. : To mollify; to sweeten; to please.

As she . . . was further dulcified by her pipe of
tobacco. --Hawthorne.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

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


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