1.
[syn: sweeten, dulcify, edulcorate, dulcorate]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
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Succory . . . edulcorated with sugar and vinegar.
--Evelyn.
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2. (Chem.) To free from acids, salts, or other soluble
substances, by washing; to purify. [R.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
edulcorate
v 1: make sweeter in taste [syn: sweeten, dulcify,
edulcorate, dulcorate] [ant: acetify, acidify,
acidulate, sour]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
37 Moby Thesaurus words for "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,
winnow