Hypertext Webster Gateway: "edulcorate"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
--Evelyn.
2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble
substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
edulcorate
v : make sweeter in taste [syn: {sweeten}, {dulcify}, {dulcorate}]
[ant: {sour}]
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