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sweeten |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweeten \Sweet"en\, v. i. To become sweet. --Bacon. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Sweeten \Sweet"en\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Sweetened}; p. pr & vb n. {Sweetening}.] [See {Sweet}, a.] 1. To make sweet to the taste; as to sweeten tea. 2. To make pleasing or grateful to the mind or feelings; as to sweeten life; to sweeten friendship. 3. To make mild or kind to soften; as to sweeten the temper. 4. To make less painful or laborious; to relieve; as to sweeten the cares of life. --Dryden. And sweeten every secret tear. --Keble. 5. To soften to the eye; to make delicate. Correggio has made his memory immortal by the strength he has given to his figures, and by sweetening his lights and shadows, and melting them into each other --Dryden. 6. To make pure and salubrious by destroying noxious matter; as to sweeten rooms or apartments that have been infected; to sweeten the air. 7. To make warm and fertile; -- opposed to sour; as to dry and sweeten soils. 8. To restore to purity; to free from taint; as to sweeten water, butter, or meat. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: sweeten v 1: make sweeter in taste [syn: {dulcify}, {edulcorate}, {dulcorate}] [ant: {sour}] 2: make sweeter, more pleasant, or more agreeable; "sweeten a deal"
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