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edulcorate
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb edulcorate has 1 sense
- edulcorate(v = verb.perception) dulcify, dulcorate, sweeten - make sweeter in taste; Array is one way to change taste
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CIDE DICTIONARY
edulcorate, v. t. [L. e out + dulcoratus, p. p. of dulcorare to sweeten, fr. dulcor sweetness, fr. dulcis sweet: cf. F. édulcorer.].
- To render sweet; to sweeten; to free from acidity. [1913 Webster]"Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar." [1913 Webster]
- To free from acids, salts, or other soluble substances, by washing; to purify. [1913 Webster]
THESAURUS
edulcorate
bolt, candy, clarify, clear, decrassify, depurate, distill, dulcify, elute, essentialize, extract, filter, filtrate, glaze, honey, leach, lixiviate, mull, percolate, purify, rectify, refine, saccharify, screen, separate, sieve, sift, spiritualize, strain, sublimate, sublime, sugar, sugar off, sugarcoat, sweeten, try, winnowROGET THESAURUS
edulcorate
Cleanness
VB be clean, render clean, clean, cleanse, mundify, rinse, wring, flush, full, wipe, mop, sponge, scour, swab, scrub, brush up, wash, lave, launder, buck, absterge, deterge, decrassify, clear, purify, depurate, despumate, defecate, purge, expurgate, elutriate, lixiviate, edulcorate, clarify, refine, rack, filter, filtrate, drain, strain, disinfect, fumigate, ventilate, deodorize, whitewash, castrate, emasculate, sift, winnow, pick, weed, comb, rake, brush, sweep, rout out, clear out, sweep out, make a clean sweep of.Sweetness
VB be sweet, render sweet, sweeten, edulcorate, dulcorate, dulcify, candy, mull.
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