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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Spice  \Spice\,  v.  t.  [imp.  &  p.  p.  {Spiced};  p.  p.  &  vb  n. 
  {Spicing}.] 
  1.  To  season  with  spice,  or  as  with  spice;  to  mix  aromatic  or 
  pungent  substances  with  to  flavor;  to  season;  as  to 
  spice  wine;  to  spice  one's  words  with  wit. 
 
  She  'll  receive  thee,  but  will  spice  thy  bread  With 
  flowery  poisons.  --Chapman. 
 
  2.  To  fill  or  impregnate  with  the  odor  of  spices. 
 
  In  the  spiced  Indian  air,  by  night.  --Shak. 
 
  3.  To  render  nice  or  dainty;  hence  to  render  scrupulous. 
  [Obs.]  ``A  spiced  conscience.''  --Chaucer. 




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